The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-02-05
The Final Destiny OF The Nations

When the Lord comes to establish
His kingdom on earth, he will not FIND
peace among the nations, but they will
be engaged in fighting the battle Of
Armagedoon in the valley of JaSo-
phaphat in the Turkish Empire in
Asia. The nations will not be pre-
pared to receive him as King of
Kings and Lord of Lords, but, on the
contrary, We are told in Sacred Writ
that 1.-THE nations were angry" And
| saw the beast, and the kings of the
earth, and their armies, gathered to-
gether to make war against him.
"And out of his mouth goeth sharp
sword, that with it he should smite
the nations; and he shall rule them
with rod of iron; and he treadeth the
winepress of the fierceness and wrath
of Almighty God" Rev. 11:18; 1919,
Is.
Paul tells US that just before the
Lord comes the second time to deliver
his own, the world is being deceived
by the false doctrines of peace and
safety" l Thess. SO. The nations
of this world will never crown Christ
as their King. Some of our so-ca!led
reformers who are trying to induce
people into the kingdom of God by the
force of civil statutes, and to usher
the kingdom of God into this world
through the gateway of politics, are
working on a plan that can only raise
false hopes. This present world, with
all its plans, is doomed. and all the
nations of the earth are to be "broken
to pieces together, and become like
nhof of tlo thrac r
floors"
The Saviour told his disciples that
there would be signs in the heavens
above and in the earth beneath where
by his followers We're to know that
his coming was near. even at the
DOORS" Matt. 24:33. The driving Of
the Turk out of Europe was just 10
precede the battle of Armageddon,
and at the termination of this battle
the Lord was to smite the nations,
dashing them 'in pieces like pot
ter's vessel" Ps. 80. 1t seems, ac-
cording to human foresight, as if the
European war was the prelude to the
extinction of the Turkish Empire in
Europe But according to the pro-
phecy in Daniel II and II and Revela-
ton 10, the Turkish Empire was not
only to come to its "end' in Europe,
but also in Asia. According to the
Bible, the battle of Armageddon is to
be fought Immediately after the Turk
ish Empire is dried up"
The prophecy declares: "And he
Cthe king of the north, or the Turk
shall plant the tabernacles Of his pal
ace between the seas in the glorious
holy mountain lin Jerusalem); yet he
shall come to his end, and none shall
help him. And at that time shall
Michael Christi stand up, the great
prince which stapdeth for the children
of Thy people; and there shall be q
time of trouble, such as never was
since there was a nation even to thar
same time; and at that time thy peo-
pie shall be delivered, every one that
snail be found written in the book.
Ind many of them that sleep in the
du of the earth shall awake. some -
cvei lasting life, and some to shame
and everlastin G contempt. Dan.
IL: AS; ~: l, 2.
Luther and his co-laborers under
stood the fulfilment of this prophecy
to constitute a sign of the end of the
world. In speaking of this prophecy,
the great Reformer said, "If we beat
back the Turk. the prophecy of Dan
iel will be fulfilled and the end will be
at hand Then the day of judgment is
surely at our doors" Martin Luth-
err" by Gustav Freytag, page II.
Hitherto England has helped Tur-
KEY to resist Russia's efforts to obtain
possession of Constantinople and the
Dardanelles, but today she helps Rus
STA to drive out the Turk. In re-
markable speech delivered at the
guildhall in the city of London, Nov.
9. 1914, the Prime Minister, Mr.. As
quith, in response to a toast of His
Majesty's ministers, said: 81 wish to
make it clear. not only to my fellow
countrymen. but to the world outside,
that this is not our doing. 1t is II
spite of our hopes and efforts-it is
the thing the Ottoman government
that has drawn the sword. and which,
| venture to predict, will perish by the
sword. 1t is they and not We who
have rung the death knell of Ottoman
dominion not only in Europe, but in
Asia. The Turkish Empire has
committed suicide, and dug with its
own hand its grave" THE Times
weekly edition., London, England,