Show THE FUTURE OF PALESTINE the now new york observer discussing the future of palestine arrives at the co delusion that the hoped for restoration of that country to the descend descendants auts of abraham may DIRY never come and that although palestine Pa leatine will again be come cultivated and prosperous to toe the jews it will always be a land of promise 1 the writer argues that a restoration through the efforts of christiana christiam la Is exceedingly improbable the jealousy of russia for the safety of the holy places stands as a barrier against every effort to establish any other power there then than the czar azars czars Pis and as for the jews themselves making any move towards toward the land of their fathers that 16 considered equally improbable the great body of the jews are exceedingly poor and can do nothing without the aid of their wealthy brethren and these are unwilling to leave the areat commercial centers and are apt to excuse their inactivity on the ground that god will accomplish his purposes in his own way and time neither christiana nor jews are therefore likely the observer thinks thick to take the initiative towards the res rea to ration of the land the logic my may seem beer sound yet it entirely ignores the fact that the tb bew belief in the establishment of at the hebrew race as ae a natida in palestine 10 i founded not in the expect expectation wat that the european nations will unite in an invitation to the scattered remnant to return and take possession of their theft land but on the promise that the abe god of their fathers them theme it if they will turn to him film with all heart and this notwithstanding such a course may conolet oon filet with the a interests of other otheir nations the final gathering of the venant covenant people will be somewhat to in line with jhb their deliverance from egypt taj an and their entrance into carmasin canaan there will be opposition the regeneration of the jewish nation to la looked upon spun as an the sequel of a period of tribulation from there la Is no salvation except through the interposition of the he arm of jehovah the declarations of the ancient prophets concerning the of palestine and events connected there with set eel forth in general outlines a chapter of important history of the duman family zechariah Za charlah for instance who lived alter the ane babylonian captivity and whose prophecies consequently carnot be later inter as relating to the de destruction of jerusalem by ne 2 and the restoration from that national disaster sketches plainly the history of his ble people from his bla day to the end of the present dispensation he tells of the fall of syria tyre and sidon the conquests conquest of alexander chapt 9 coming of the messiah mud and the extension of hla his kingdom upon the earth the destruction of the be holy city by we romans to la also alao foretold as well as aa the be calamities subsequent to wat that event A and urd then follows a wonderful prediction according to which the almighty shall hall interpose in behalf or his people against the abe nations of uke the bartu in the latter days and in that day will I 1 make jerusalem a burdensome stone for all the people all that burden themselves with it shall be cut ant in pieces though all the people of the earth be gathered together against IL it in that day will I 1 make the abe governors of judah like a hearth ot of fire among the wood and like a torch ot of fire in a sheaf and they shall devour all the people round about on the right hand and on the left and jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place even on in jerusalem the lord shall save the tents of judah first that the glory of the house of david and the glory of the inhabitants of jerusalem do not magnify themselves against judah in that day shall the lord defend celend the inhabitants of jerusalem and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as david and the house of david shall be as god as the angel an gel of the lord belore them and it shall come to pass in that day that I 1 will seek to destroy all the nations that come against jerusalem zech 12 1 9 it is clear from this that the gathering of judah io in palestine will tie be under circumstances that require divine interposition it seem further that there will be great mourning in the country the united people will turn to the lord and the result will be that the holy places wll will be cleansed from the idols i the unclean spirit and the lalee jaime that now occupy them finally the day ot the lord cometa 11 1 nations shall be gathered against jerusalem to battle and the oily city shall be taken chapter 14 1418 18 1 8 but the lord shall appear on the be mount of olives and from bow on the holy city will be a center ol of worship and the world shall become Holl DeeB ness unto the lord 0 this is ie the sure eure word of prophecy that will be fulfilled in every detail it is a well established fact that divine interposition anaibel wallops always follows when ther their cup of iniquity to Is lull full the antediluvian world was wept swept away when beyond reform the cities of we the plain give an illustration of the some same truth the covenant people formed no do exception to this rule role they crucified the messiah and rejected his message of mercy before they were themselves rejected secular history may not always be equally clear on this point but it if the facts wore were known it would be seen that all we the great empires of the world from the goloen head of babylonia babelonia Baby lonia to the olay glay and iron mixture of more modern times fell only alter after immeasurable corruption in the morals of at the peoples and their rulers they rendered themselves useless as an educators of the human beings entrusted to their care and their places were there tore filled ailed with others the same will be true rue in the future when nations tall fall to a certain depth of immorality divine interposition will follow and this time it seems in behalf of israel and nd judah scattered over the surface of the earth it Is ie in the light of prophecy that bat the be various events in asia minor receive their great significance and are followed by bible students luden tg with profound interest to many of them they are signs of the approaching millennial day |