Year: 1877




In view of the impending conflict


in Europe, the following may inter-


est your readers: About thirty years


ago gentleman residing in Middle


Tennessee, and at the time at the


head of one of the largest and most


prosperous institutions of learning


in the South, published what pur-
/ ports to be true Interpretation of


the prOphesies contained in the BIZ


BILE. The work created a profound


sensation, for the author was well


known as being Incompatible as a


Hebrew and Greek scholar, and was


respected by theologians everywhere


because of his thorough knowledge


of the sacred writings. In his work


he agrees with all the eminent COM
mentatOrS up to a certain period,


after which his interpretations are
| entirely different from any ever


made, and his arguments to sustain
them are unique and highly inter-


esting. 1t is remarkable that Don


CASTELAR,, the great Spanish states


man, in Il brilliant article published


in the New York Herald early last


year, takes the same ground and en-


tertains the same opinions that the
author to whom / have alluded does


in regard to the future of this coun-
try and the conflict now cOmmen-
cling in Europe. That these two
men should entertain the same


views from positions differing so
widely, is, to say the least, a re-
markable coincidence.


But what wish to call your at
tention to at this time is the follow
ing remarkable Interpretation of
one of the prophecies of Ezekiel.
1.-The King of the South shall push
or butt at him, and the King of the
North shall come against him like a
WhirlWind, with chariOts and with |
many ships" Russia is the power |
which the King of the South is to |
push" The King of the South is |
Turkey, on the South of Russia, and |
the King of the North is Great Brit
ain. This is evident, he says, from
its northern position as a great power,
and from the immense naval, as
well as land forces, it possesses. He
says the attack of England, or Great
Britain, on Russia, is to be great |
and furious, but finally unsuccessful;
for Russia will move right on and
more than gain her purpose. She
will conquer Asia Minor and the
Turkish Empire generally, and will
advance on Palestine, and ''shall
have power over treasures of gold
and silver, and over all the precious
things Of Egypt. While engaged in
these conquests, "tidings out of the
East and out of the North shall
trouble him." The tidings from the
East and the North may be the news
of the disaffections of the Papal
power on account of the superiority
which Russia gives to the Greek
and on account of holy pla-
ces in Judea. The word tidings
seems also, he says, to indicate great
He is positive that
the Russian Empire has two great
works to do; the first is to destroy
the Roman Church in Europe, and
the other to attack the United States.
He also states in his book that before
the war begins for the conquest and
of Turkey, the French
people would establish a republic
and assist the United States at the
time Russia makes the attack. Ac-
to this writer, the present
war in Europe will become general,
and be the most fearful the world
has ever witnessed, and is to take
place before the 117th day of the
year 1878,