The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-02-14
THE WAR NOT
ARMAGEDDON
EVANGELIST DECLARES BIBLE
so STATES IN ADDRESS
AT OLDHAM.

at Jerusalem, ana without The AID or
Intervention of any Of the powers Of
Europe" So declared G. w. Ruben.
dali, one night recently at the Kline
schoolhouse. southwest of here. ia a
Bible lecture on "Armageddon-
When Is 1t, What Is IT. and Where Is
IT." Mr.. Rubendall is a Seventh
Day Adventist minister. coming here
last June from Aberdeen, and i'm kind
with others of his faith. supported
the positions taken with scriptural
proof.
in studying tonight the question
under discussion, il will be necessary
to connect with it a study Of the east
ern question, which, stated quickly.
is the driving of the Turk into Asia
and the endeavor by various powers
to possess his territory.
You who are conversant with, and
lovers of history, will be pleased to
notice the authenticated facts of his
tory with which we will refresh our
memory during this discourse. Tur-
key became possessor of CONSTANT.
nople, and the European divisions of
Greece and Rome, under Mohammed
III, in 1453 A. d., and is known in
Bible prophecy, in Daniel. 18th chap
ter. as king of the north
And why by the title. king of the
north? Because that after the death
of Alexander, the Great. his Grecian
empire was divided (Dan., 11:4 and
8:8. with 1921, 22) among his four
leading generals, into our Kingdoms,
east, west, north and south, towards
the four winds of heaven (Dan..
11:4). The east and west soon came
under the rule of the north king. and
whatever king bore rule over this ter
ritory in later years, the prophecy
terms king of the north; while the
southern division. which was Egypt,
remained the king of the south
Turkey, upon occupying this
northern territory, by parity of rea-
soning, becomes the king of the
north The Turks have been, so says
the historian, "A perfect blight and
curse to the countries subject TO their
rule. They have always been looked
upon as intruders in Europe, and
their presence there has led to sew
eral of the most sanguinary wars of
modern times. Gradually they have
been pushed out of their European
possessions, and the time is probably
not far distant when they will be
driven back across the B%osporus.'
And yet. hated as the Turk in
Europe is, the powers held to him
and would not let him cross the Bos-
porus. l quote the Duke of Argyle
(1S95): 1T is not too much to say
that England has twice saved Turkey
from complete subsection since 1853.
1t is largely-mainly-due to our ac-
ton that she now exists at all as an
Independent power. On both these
occasions we dragged the powers of
Europe along with us in maintaining
the Ottoman government
Now, why is Europe holding to
the hated Turk? Let Lord Salisbury
tell the reason, (1S95): Turkey is
in that remarkable condition + Z =
mainly because the great powers Of
the world have resolved hat for the
peace of Christendom it is necessary
that the Ottoman empire should
stand = = = The danger. if the
Ottoman empire fall = would
be the danger that the fire there lit
should spread to other nations, and
should involve all that is most power
full and civilized in Europe in a dan
gerous and calamitous contest Is Il =
A danger which has not passed away.
The Balkan or near eastern.
question has been one of the most
complicated political problems of the
worlds history for half a century,
q 4 Enur centuries and n bo1f
or even since the conquering Turk
crossed the Bosporus and took Con
stantinople, the grim contest has
been on to dislodse him by war and
diplomacy.-American Review of
Reviews, November. 1912.
Some of the powers-and partie-
ularly Russia-have coveted Con
stantinople, while the others. with
jealous eyes, have usually pulled to-
gether and Loyalty said hands Of,
whenever one of the powers moved
toward the prize, and thus the Turk
maintains his feet IN European soil.
Peter, the Great, of Russia, advised
this policy: Take every possible
means of gaining Constantinople and
the Indies, for he who rules there
Will Dt tue u ut SONtIttSH VI Aht
world; excite war continually on Tur-
> key and Persia.
"And how shall it all end? He
who is the creator of all things; He
who changeth the times and the sea-
sons; He removeth kings and settetf
up kings; He giveth wisdom to the
wise, and knowledge to them that
know understanding; He revealetf
: the deep and secret things; He know
: eth what is the darkness Culture
and the light dwelleth with Him. He
surely knows whether the king of Tho
z north shall maintain the equilibrium
of Europe for much longer time oil
not. He, who with unerring accur
acy, has pictured and fortold The
whole history of the world, in tht
second chapter of Daniel and Other
parts of the Word, has not left this