The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-02-14

the seas in the glorious holy noun
tain; yet he shall come to his end
and none shall help him Daniel,
ll:45. Between the Mediterranean
and the Dead sea is Jerusalem and
the Mount of Olives, and to this place
the Turk eventually recedes and
makes his last stand.
i will now read another prophecy
Of the same event: And the sixth
angel poured out his vial upon the
great river E~uphrates. and the waters
thereof were dried up. hat the ways
Of the kings of the east might be
prepared Rev, 16:12.."
After stating that this could not be
the literal river Euphrates as it had
often been crossed by even ancient
armies, (Cyrus, in the siege of Baby
Ion, having turned the whole river
out OF its course), and that the river
Euphrates" was used here as a sym
Dol and its drying up" meant the
wasting away of the nation occupying
the region drained by the river, which
is Turkey. and that waters as a sym
BDi hAt0iA0 PtOp1CN anu hdAiOilN NlNtN-
17:15), the speaker said:
Il need Tot emphasize this drying
up process which has been going on
in Turkey. She has been r%eceding
until she has lost most all of her once
large European holdings. Slice after
slice has been carved off by greedy
hands until the choicest morsel-
Constantinople-is about all that is
left of the European bird. In 1888.
1928, 1880. 1867, 1878, 1912 and
1913 these slices have been d~evoured.
until today only Constantinople and
a very small area is left. Soon she
must recede into Asia and make her
last stand in Jerusalem. Verify. the
symbolic great river Euphrates' is
being dried up that the way of the
kings of the east might be prepared.
The %revelator continues: And | saw
three unclean spirits, like frogs, come.
out of the mouth of the dragon and
out Of the mouth of the beast. and
out of the mouth of the false prophet.
For they are the spirits of devils.
working, which go forth unto the
kings of the earth and of the whole
world, to gather them to the battle of
that great day of God Almighty. Be
hold | come as a thief. Blessed is he
that watcheth, and keepth his ar
ments. lest he walk naked, and they
see his shame. And he gathered them
together into a place called in the
Hebrew tongue, ArmageddOn.' Rev.
1|6.12-16.
Here is introduced the much talk
ed of battle of Armageddon. Notice
four main points: Cd The partici-
pants-'the kings Of the earth and of
the whole world CD The place
Armageddon, a place southeast of Mt.
Carmel, not far from Jerusalem Tin
Asia and not in Europe, so the pres
ent war is not the last. nor Arranged
dom. 60 The real yictor-Jesus
Christ, as verse Is says: 'Beheld, l
come as a thief. Blessed is he that
watcheth.' At this time Christ sets
up His kingdom which shall never be
destroyed, and the kingdom shall not
be left to other people. but ii shall
break i'm pieces and consume all these
kingdoms, and it shall stand for
ever Daniel, PAD. And now the
fourth point-The time, that great
day of God Almighty
This same glorious day for the
righteous, and awful day for the un-
righteous. is described very forcibly
i'm Daniels Has and 12:1-2. Speak
ing of the king of the north'-the
Turkish power-it says: He shall
plant the tabernacle of his palace (his
capitaD between the seas in the glor-
ious holy mountain (Jerusalem) yet
he shall come to his end and non
shall help him. And at that time
shall Michael (Christ) stand up Ito
reign the great prince which stand
eth for the children of thy people and
there shall be a time of trouble, such
as never was since there was a ma
ton even to that same time; and at
that time thy people shall be deliver
ed, every one that shall be found
written in the book
%. happy day for the children of
faith. Brother. is your name in the
Lambs book of life? If not. why
not? 1t will be recorded there the
moment you will confess and forsake
your sins. and will be retained as long
as you will yield willing allegiance to
the Great Conqueror, and on the day
when Michael shall stand up you can
be delivered and inherit the king
dom prepared for you from the foun-
dation of the world