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GREATER WAR TO FOLLOW
THE PRESENT CONFLICT
Orlando, Fla, July Z. 1917.
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Anu the nations were angry. MS
wonderful prediction of the prophecy
of Revelation is made under he
sounding of the seventh angel Con
'cerning the time, We learn that when
the seventh angel begins to sound. or
early in the sounding OF the seven
angel, that the mystery Of God that
IS, the work of the gospel, Christ in
YOU, the hope Of glory should be
finished. - ne hath declared to his
servants. the prophets Rev. 1875, Z:
tl1:15. 49,
The anger Of the nations is coupled.
in the prophecy, with the wrath Of
God which is the prelude to the judg
men, OF the world. 1t comes in con.
nection with the Judging of the dead
the reward OF the righteous. and the
destruction Of the wicked Rev H.:
1919.
There can be no doubt all that
the prediction OF the prophecy is TO-
day in process of fuiilment. The ma
tons are angry: and since 1914. when
the seventh angel began its sounding.
and more particularly since 1S4S, one
of the plainest truths of the day has
been that the temper OF the nations
was one Of anger The attitude has
constantly exemplified it. During all
this time. the rulers OF the great ma
tions have had to put forth strong ef-
for, have been compelled to use ex-
IRENE caution. in order to avoid uni
yersal war
At the same time we must remem-
Der that the prophecy concerning Tur-
key indicates is waning, particularly
from the time of the prophecy; that
Is, rom August II. 1910. after which
time the Turkish government would
exist only by the sufferance of the
European powers That was the date
specified in the prophecy; and true
to the prediction upon that day, Au-
gust H. 1910. the powers notified the
Turkish sultan that they would
henceforth attend to his case. And
without any question about it. from
that day till the present war they have
been attending to his case. Were it
not for an agreement among the pow
ers. the Turkish government would
have vanished long ago.
Thus the nations have attempted,
artitcially. il you please, to preven-
war: but today they are in conflict
and more than ever we realize the
truth of that prediction Of the pro-
precy which desgribes accurately
their state of wrath. They have seem
ed to realize that this spirit OF wrath
if once let loose would carry them
utterly beyond themselves. Realizing
it, and stating it 70 the world, they
have tried to make Turkey d buffer
safe. as it were. to hold them from
each others throats Or as some one
has put it, Turkey is the bone. and
each of the nations, while watching
the bone has not dared to seize it,
for fear OF bringing the others on
him in a great dogs fight, so to
speak, for the possession of the Mo
hammedan prize.
This bone of contention, the terri
tory OF the Turk. has been described
as a section that might and ought
to be one of the most tlourishing on
the face OF the earth" Almost every
nation OF Europe involved in the
present conflict is deeply interested
in who shall possess this territory
No one nation can gain control of it
without tremendously affecting the
others. There are England's posses
siOns in Egypt and India There are
the possessions of France and of Italy
in the near east. Russia is almost de-
pendent for her very life upon the
free passage of the Dardanelles. Aus
tria and Germany want, straight ave-
nue. down through the Balkans and
Turkey into the rich Mesopotamian
valley. Greece is deeply anxious
about it, because she lies so close to
Constantinople and environs. Italy
has no good harbors, and looks across
the sea TO Albania, and the we'll shell
tered places Of that coast as a secur-
ity for her nayies ard her ships of
commerce.
The present war IS an Intellectual eff
fort TO >traighten out the eastern
question, which has been precipitat-
ed upon the nations before they de-
sired it,
From studies of the prophecies, l do
not believe that the present war will
solve the problem Some sort Of tenn.
porary arrangement will be made. Civ
ine short period of peace in which
Gods work in the earth will be fin