Arizona republican., 1916-10-16

l.. McElhany. of Oakland, in his dis course in the big tent last night on the Eastern Question" He showed that Gods purpose regarding the nations is to gather them to the Valley of Me giddo" in Palestine north of Jerusa lem To prove his point he read Zephaniah 3:S. Then he read Revela- ton 16: l6-2l, which says that 'he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue, Arma- geddon."
 The absorption, or drying up" of Turkey. said the speaker, is foretOld in Revelation l6;12, where it is spoken of as the great river Euphrates." He said water is used in Bible prohpecy to represent people or nations, and that the term "Euphrates" as used here refers to the empire or nation through whose territory the Euphrates flows.
 Elder McElhany then turned to Daniel IT, and showed from history how this chain of prophecy has been fulfilled accurately. He said Medo- Persia is described in the first few verses, and then Grecia. Alexander the Great is spoken of in the third verse" he said, and the breaking up of his kingdom is told in the fourth. It is d historical fact that his kingdom was divided into four parts, under the leadership of Cassander. Lysimacus, Ptolemy and Seleucus, his four leading generals Eventually these four divisions were merged into two. known as the Seleucidean, or the King of the North and the Ptolomean, or King of the South These two terms are hence forth used in this chapter to designate the succeeding kingdoms and empires that existed in the territory covered by these two general divisions. Jerusa- lem was the pivot of the Judean prophets reckoning. The King of the North embraced the territory now known as Turkey. or the Ottoman en- pire. The King of the South en- 1 braced Egypt.
 "tnfidel France is unquestionably re- ferred to in verse 39. Verse A. shows Turkey troubled by tidings out of the east and north. Without doubt this refers to the Crimean war in 1853. when Russia would have crushed Turkey but for the intervention of the powers.
 Daniel HAS and 12:1. 2, show that Turkeys ruler is yet to make Jerusa lem the seat of government. and yet that the nation as such will come to it's end. The Bible says: He shall plant the tabernacles of his palace be- tween the seas, in the glorious holy mountain, yet he shall come to his end and none shall help him. and at that time shall Michael stand up the great . prince, which standeth for the childrer of thy people. and there shall be 6
 time of trouble such as never was since
 there was a nation, and at that time
 thy people shall be delivered ever,
 one that shall be found written in tn,
 book, and many of them that sleep il
 the dust of the earth shall awake
 Paul Milyukov prominently men
 toned for the premiership of Russia
 in an interview published in a recen
 number of the Independent, says O
 Russia: We are to have Constan tinople. Palestine must come unde
 some form of international govern ment' MT. Milyukov said this 500 . after he had been to England for conference with Sir Edward GreS Turkeys doom as nation is sealed , The time of trouble here described none other than the battle of Arma geddon. But that conflict will b ? fought in Palestine.
 The breaking up of the Turkish em plre means more than the mere passin of an earthly kingdom. It means tn I final extinction of all the nations ( earth. They shall be broken with , rod of iron, is the Scripture prediction
 The downfall of Turkey is fraught wit 8 the greatest significance to every hl . man being. There is great need tn; . everyone be right with God"