Show LIGHTS FROM PROPHECY in these days daya when the so bo called eastern question again is ie agitating the diplomats of europe and the aff affairs airs of the ottoman sin empire pire have assumed an aspect somewhat similar to that probed izie ing the crimeau crimean war it may be inter etina to students of the prophetical writings of the scriptures to recall the fact that some borne commentators of high standing bold that the history of the turkish rule in christian europe and asia alia Is ie well outlined by seers it la a certainly but natural that able tb 1 should be the cam cafe because the wars war and victories or of the turks have b had d a bearing on the fae of the christian world as those of no other non christian nation of the world and prophecy would woo id evidently be incomplete it without reference to the effect bad and the final outcome of that asiatic invasion that drenched european soll soil in blood ancient seers beers b however however are supposed to pot point at out oui the causes of that calamity intimate the time of its duration and foreshadow toree badow its termination one of the thought to reier to to la found in daniel 11 40 45 where turkish dominion to if sapp supposed ased to be referred t by thi the term the king of the north that the ancient seer beer predicted of this that at some time alter the covenant had bad been broken and marvelous things P spoken against the most moat high that Is 18 after fter W a long period ot of apostasy he be should bould come like a with chariots and h nod and ships and enter man many count countries ribs ovet overflow flow and pass over he should enter the glorious palestine and lay jay his hie handa bands orb on egypt albough ali houKU unable to 10 subdue edom moab and ad ammon this 0 so o for far corresponds corres ponds per emly to the exploits of the ottoman Turks and sud in view of that fact the concluding of the prophet are very remarkable but tidings out of the east and the north shall trouble him therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy and utterly to make away many and an d he shall plant the tabernacle of hiscal his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain in jerusalem and yet he shall come to his end and none shall help him newton in his bis dissertations expressed pressed the opinion that some political alliance perhaps between russia and persia the north and the baat would eventually stir the turks up to proclaim a holy war for the purpose of asserting their power by exterminating the christian subjects they would then be dt dalven iven away from constantinople stantin ople and make jerusalem the new dow capital a move that we believe was wa at one time contemplated by the edans after that the end of the empire em aire would come the allies of the sultan having forsaken him to appreciate the importance of the events in the orient now apparently patently ly nearing their tiolo biolo the following chapter of daniel should be carefully read for if the interpretation terp above referred to be cor root the winding up of turkish dominion over christian subjects subject to is but a prelude to the grand finite of the present dispensation another prophetic declaration supposed to 10 refer to the he turks is found in the apocalypse A chapter 9 1320 13 20 here four mighty warriors warrior a are represented an coming from the regions of the euphrates followed by an immense host boat their national colors reu blue blu and yellow are to and als also their cavalry anti and cannon iss suing fire smoke aad brimstone thedora Th edura tion of their domi tilon la Is given in a prophetic figure supposed eup posed to equal about years and the invasion is said gala to be a punishment for apostasy yet Y et the nations so flo did noi not repent repeal hence the sending bending ot of a mighty y angels angel or messenger with the proclamation pruda mallon that there should he be no do more time or delay but everything was ready for the completion cum peton of the the mystery ot the almighty as pre announced by holy prophets he fie who is wise will been the signs of the times and obey the voice of inspiration |