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'Let us form a Holy Alliance,' say France, Russia, and Austria. Let us two,' say Russia and Austria, 'form a secret addition to that alliance, promising to help each other. I'll let you have Greece, if you'll let me take Turkey. Let us swear eternal friendship, and as soon as we are firmly fixed in the south, our shores washed by the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, let us combine to exterminate France, and then we can very soon dispose of England.' The destiny of Russia, as recorded in the thirty-eighth and thirty-ninth chapters of Ezekiel, is ably expounded by Dr. Cumming. It is unnecessary for me to go over the same ground. I assume, therefore, that the reader has read Dr. Cumming's book, and understands that Russia will certainly some time or other obtain possession of Turkey, and even obtain a footing in Palestine. The question for me is, When will these events occur? The answer is, as well as I can judge, Turkey will fall into the hands of Russia towards the end of 1870.

In Daniel xi. 40, we read, “And at the time of the "end shall the king of the south push at him: and the "king of the north shall come against him as a whirl"wind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with

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many ships." The time of the end is, in my judgment, seven times, or 2520 days before the end, that is, the 27th October, 1871. About this time, therefore, the Emperors of Russia and Austria will send an army and a fleet against France, with the view of crushing it; at the same time, the Czar of Russia will, being himself at the head of another army, attack Palestine. But the Emperor of Austria dying about this time, and his son being a minor, the Czar will seize upon Greece,

and compel the young Austrian Emperor to acknowledge him as his Sovereign. Thus will Russia become supreme in the eastern division of the Roman Empire. But all the mighty hosts of Russia and Germany combined will avail nothing. Though "Gomer and all his "bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarter, " and all his bands: and many people be with him,"* though he shall fall upon the mountains of Israel, he, and all his bands, and the people that is with him, yet his people shall be given unto ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field, to be devoured. And he himself shall fall upon the open field, for the Lord God hath spoken it. The latter portion of the eleventh chapter of Daniel describes the victorious career of Napoleon :—

“He shall enter into the countries, and shall over"flow and pass over. He shall enter also into the "glorious land, and many countries shall be over"thrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even "Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon. He "shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries, “and the land of Egypt shall not escape. But he "shall have power over the treasures of gold and of "silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: " and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his 66 steps. But tidings out of the east and out of "the north shall trouble him: therefore he shall go "forth with great fury to destroy and utterly make away many. And he shall plant the tabernacles of "his palace between the seas, in the glorious holy moun

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* Ezek. xxxviii. 6.

+ Ezek xxxix. 4, 5.

"tain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall " help him.”

And in Esdras we read, " And I beheld, and, lo, the "head upon the right side devoured it that was upon "the left side." Explained in these terms:-"The "sword of the one shall devour the other."

The arms of Russia, then, will be unsuccessful; he also will for a time overflow and pass over, he will enter into the glorious land; but tidings from the North and East will trouble him; his Eastern armies routed at the gates of India; those sent against France overflowed in their turn by the French, and perhaps also his capital destroyed, and his fleet defeated by an English fleet; he will go forth to destroy many, but will come to his end upon the open field in Palestine by means of a French sword, and the remnant of his army will be driven back into their own northern "But I will remove

deserts as prophesied by Joel.

"far off from you the northern army, and will drive "him into a land barren and desolate, with his face "towards the east sea, and his hinder part towards the "utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his savour shall come up, because he hath done great "things."*

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There is no certainty about the date of the death of the Emperor of Austria, but that of the Emperor of Russia seems to be foretold. The little horn in the 8th chapter of Daniel, i.e., Louis Napoleon, waxed great, even towards the host of heaven, and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground and stamped upon them, and the question is asked, * Joel ii 20.

"How long shall be the vision

to give both the 66 sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?" And the answer is given, "Unto two thousand and "three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be "cleansed." The commencement of Napoleon's career as an almost universal monarch will be on that day when the pride of Russia will be made low, when the Russian Czar falls by a French sword, and the Russian army and Russian power and influence are driven out of the Roman world for ever. Then will he cast down some of the host of the political heaven and stamp upon them, and that day must be 2300 days before September 20, 1878, which is June 3, 1872. That England will probably assist France to some extent in this war seems to be shown in the following words of Esdras, "Then saw I also that two "little feathers divided themselves from the six, and "remained under the head that was upon the right "side," and these two feathers are explained to be they whom the Highest hath kept unto their end; "this is the small kingdom, and full of trouble, as thou "sawest." The two little feathers forming one kingdom being Great Britain, the words "remained under the head" seem to imply that up to this time at any rate there will be nominal peace and friendship between the two countries; and since England must be at war with Russia in the East, and Russia will be disputing the supremacy of the sea in Europe, she will be compelled to go to war with Russia in Europe, and thus must be on the side of France.

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Let us now refer to Daniel's seventy weeks' prophecy; we read, "And he shall confirm the (not the but a) covenant

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"with many for one week, and in the midst of the week " he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and "for the overspreading of abominations he shall make "it desolate, even until the consummation, and that "determined shall be poured upon the desolate." This verse is the most strangely worded of any in the Bible; it is impossible to be sure about its meaning, but it certainly does appear to denote that this "he" is the man spoken of in the previous verse as "the "prince that shall come," and that he will enter into a covenant with the Jews to restore them to Palestine and renew their temple worship. And we also read, "After the league made with him he shall work "deceitfully, for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people."* Probably these words refer to three great leagues, the literal with the Jews; the political with the Emperors of Russia and Austria ; and the spiritual with the Pope. The one with the Jews, then, should be made exactly one week, or 7 times, or 2520 days before September 20, 1878, and that will be October 27, 1871. He will then assist the Jews already in Palestine against the attack of Russia, and allow them from that date to the midst of the week, or 1260 days, to dwell peacefully in the land and worship God in their own way. So much he will do, but he will not restore the two tribes to Judæa, their seventy weeks will not have expired then, and they will not in any numbers take advantage of his offered protection; perhaps they will suspect that he will work deceitfully with them; or their own love of gain will * Dan. xi. 23.

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