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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~

Chapter 11 – A Literal Prophecy
Russia. And without the help received in all

these instances, Turkey would probably have

failed to maintain her position. And it is a

notorious fact that since the fall of the

Ottoman supremacy in 1840, the empire has

existed only through the sufferance of the

great powers of Europe. Without their

pledged support, she would not be long able to

maintain even a nominal existence; and when

that is withdrawn, she must come to the

ground. So the prophecy says the king comes

to his end and none help him; and he comes to

his end, as we may naturally infer because

none help him, — because the support

previously rendered is withdrawn.

Have we any indications that this part of the

prophecy is soon to be fulfilled? As we raise

this inquiry, we look, not to dim and distant