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,,the ,,two ,,treaties2                 
,,or1                             ,,hope
 ,,for ,,jerusalem4                     
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,,an ,,address                          
,,by ,,the                              
,,rev4 ,e4 ,,hoare1 ,m4,a4      ,vicar  
of ,trinity2 ,tunbridge ,wells1 and     
,hon4 ,canon of ,canterbury4            
,,second ,,edition4                     
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,,henry ,s4 ,,colbran1 #i1 ,,calverley  
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,,treaties4      ,,we meet to-day under 
a sense of profound thanksgiving4  ,with
 the rest of  the nation we have been   
praying for a righteous peace2 and now  

we trust  that through ,god's great1 and
 abounding1 mercy1 such a peace has been
  secured4  ,in all probability very few
 persons are altogether satisfied4      
,there are very few who would not wish  
to have some of the conditions  changed4
  ,but in the midst of so many          
conflicting interests it was not to  be 
expected that any one nation should have
 its own way in every point2  so that we
 have to be most heartily thankful to   
,god that the ,congress has  dispersed  
without a conflict2 that ,england is not
 involved in war2 and  that ,europe is  
free to devote its energies to the      
extension of commerce1  and the         
promotion of goodwill amongst mankind4  
,may ,god bless the peace  that has been
 established1 and enable his people in a
 thankful spirit to  avail themselves of
 it for the circulation of his ,word1   
the spread of his  ,gospel1 the         
promotion of his kingdom1 and the glory 
of his name6    ,but thanksgiving is not
 the only duty of the day1 for the two  

treaties  now concluded involve         
consequences of such great importance   
that they  ought to awaken in all our   
minds the deepest interest1 and the most
  earnest expectation4  ,to the student 
of the ,prophetic ,scriptures they      
assume an importance altogether         
unequalled by any event in modern       
history2 ,i might almost say2 by any    
event since the ,siege of ,jerusalem4   
,we are taught in many places of        
,scripture that the people of ,god will 
not  be taken by surprise by the great  
events of the latter days2 but that     
there will be certain predicted signs   
which may be understood beforehand  by  
those who study them4  ,thus in ,matthew
 xxiv4 our ,lord teaches us that  there 
will be such signs as will indicate the 
nearness of his return as  distinctly as
 the budding of the fig tree assures us 
of the approach of  summer4  ,when we   
see the fig tree budding in spring we   
know that summer  is at hand1 and so    
when we see these predicted signs we are

 to conclude  without a doubt that the  
great deliverance is near4  ,nor are we 
to wait  until the signs are fully      
developed1 or have passed into the      
region of  history1 but we are to look  
out for their beginnings1 as our ,lord  
said1  8when these things begin to come 
to pass then look up1 and lift up your  
heads1 for your redemption draweth      
nigh40  ,now ,i cannot help believing   
that the conclusion of these two        
treaties is at all events amongst the   
beginnings4  ,i believe that the fig    
tree is beginning to bud1 and that1  if 
it be1 it is high time for us to be     
looking out for the summer4  ,let  us   
endeavour then to consider1 first1 what 
we actually see2 and secondly1  what we 
may anticipate as the not improbable    
consequence of the great  events that   
have taken place4          ,i4  ,first  
then1 ,,what ,,do ,,we ,,see8      ,do  
we not see the complete1 and1 as far as 
man can judge1 the final  overthrow of  
the uncontrolled dominion of the        

,ottoman ,empire8  ,the result  of the  
,berlin treaty is that1 although the    
form is preserved1 the  dominant power  
of the ,ottoman ,empire is at an end4   
,look first at ,europe as re-arranged by
 the treaty of ,berlin4  ,if you        
compare the new map of ,turkey in       
,europe with the map before the         
commencement of the war you will find   
that it is not one third of the  size4  
,montenegro1 ,servia1 and ,roumania are 
no longer tributary ,states2  ,bulgaria 
north of the ,balkans is independent of 
,turkey2 ,bosnia and  ,herzegovina are  
virtually transferred to ,austria2 and a
 considerable  portion of ,thessaly is  
handed over to ,greece4  ,then again the
 position of  the remnant that is left  
is entirely changed4  ,the ,new         
,roumelia is to  have an independent    
administration4  ,the remainder of      
,thessaly1 ,thrace1  ,macedonia1 and    
,crete1 are all to be placed under      
constitutional  government1 to be       
arranged with the concurrence of the    

great powers of  ,europe4  ,the power to
 oppress is therefore at an end1 and as 
far as man  can judge1 for ever4  ,the  
,ottoman was let loose from the         
,euphrates as a  scourge on ,apostate   
,christendom4  ,he has done his work1   
though not for  ,god's glory1 and is now
 laid aside by the same hand that raised
 him up4  ,he was appointed for a given 
time1 and a given work1 but now that    
time is  expired1 that work is done1 and
 he is wasting under his predicted doom4
    ,but how is it in ,asia8  ,let the  
treaty between the ,porte and ,england  
answer the question4  ,in that treaty1  
and in the letter of the ,secretary  of 
,state explaining its object1 there is  
the clear recognition of the  complete  
defencelessness of the ,turkish ,empire4
  ,the treaty was made  because there   
was no power of self defence left in the
 ,ottoman1 or in  other words1 because  
the ,euphratean flood was almost dry4   
,the very existence of the treaty is    
therefore a proof that the power of     

self-support is gone4  ,but that is not 
all1 or nearly so4  ,according to  the  
treaty1 ,england makes itself           
responsible for a complete reform in    
,turkish administration4  ,turkey in    
,asia is henceforth to be governed1 if  
not as an ,english protectorate1 at all 
events under ,english counsel4  ,is  it 
possible to imagine a greater proof of  
,turkish decay8  ,if there were  any    
life left1 would the haughty ,turk      
submit to such conditions8  ,if he  did 
not know that he was helpless1 would he 
ever have consented to such  terms8     
,the conditions of the treaty are a     
self-evident proof of his loss  of      
power4  ,but that is not all2 for is it 
possible to suppose that  ,england will 
be responsible for the continuation of  
,turkish misrule8  ,is  it likely that  
,england will hold those treaty powers1 
and not use them8  ,is it to be supposed
 for one moment that we have undertaken 
the  responsibilities1 and are now going
 to look on as passive spectators on    

all the corruptions of the past         
misgovernment8  ,but if ,england secures
 a  complete reform the days of the     
misrule of ,turkish ,pashas are         
numbered4  ,the death warrant of the    
whole system is signed and sealed1 and  
the fault  will rest with ,england if   
,turkey in ,asia is not in a very short 
time  virtually free4    ,now these are 
the indisputable facts of the case2 the 
undoubted results  of the two treaties2 
and the remarkable fact is that these   
results are  exactly such as the        
students of prophecy have been          
predicting for many  years4  ,from one  
prophecy they have foretold for years   
that there must be  a decay of the      
,ottoman ,empire simultaneous with the  
loss of the temporal  power of the      
,pope1 #g;a and now we see their words  
come true4  ,from  another prophecy they
 have believed that the decay of the    
,ottoman power  is represented in symbol
 by the drying up of the ,euphratean    
flood1 so  that the ,ottoman must recede

 from his conquests just as the waters  
of a  flood recede from the land over   
which there has been an overflow1 #g;b  
and this is the process which we are now
 witnessing4  ,from ,europe the  waters 
are almost1 if not entirely1 gone1 so   
that ,europe is practically  dry4  ,and 
as for ,asia1 the waters there have     
become so shallow that the  ,englishman1
 we hope1 will walk through them and    
scarcely wet his feet4  ,i  am well     
aware that some people have felt a      
difficulty in applying the  symbol of   
the ,euphratean overflow to the ,ottoman
 invasion1 and ,i am quite  prepared to 
acknowledge that there is a great       
uncertainty about the  interpretation of
 all symbolic prophecies2 but one thing 
we must all  admit1 that if we are right
 in our interpretation of the symbol1 we
 see  in these two treaties the most    
remarkable fulfilment of the prophecy4  
,we  see the drying up going on in our  
own days and under our own eyes2 so     
that we have this day a fresh evidence  

conspicuous before the world of  the    
divine inspiration of ,god's holy word1 
of the truth of the prophetic           
scriptures1 and of the sovereignty of   
,god over the mightiest nations of  the 
world4  ,sceptics may doubt1 and        
infidels may scoff2 but we see that     
,god's word is from himself4  ,what he  
has predicted1 that is coming to  pass1 
and1 though the time appointed has been 
long1 we see in the great  facts of our 
own day that the word of ,god's prophecy
 is true4          ,,ii4  ,we may       
proceed then to consider ,,what ,,we    
,,may ,,anticipate ,,as ,,the           
,,probable ,,consequence ,,of ,,all     
,,that ,,has ,,taken ,,place4      ,when
 our ,lord spoke those words referred to
 in ,st4 ,matthew1 he was  clearly      
speaking of the second ,advent2 but the 
events which we are now  witnessing are 
not the same as those described in that 
chapter1 and  therefore we cannot regard
 them as the predicted signs of that    
glorious  appearing4  ,but there is     

another great event foretold in         
prophecy1 which  many of us believe must
 take place before the ,advent1 and for 
that event  ,i cannot but hope that     
these two treaties will rapidly prepare 
the way4  ,i mean the return of the     
,jews and the ten tribes to ,palestine4 
,if we turn to the prophecy respecting  
the drying up of the ,euphrates in      
,rev4 xvi4 #ab1 we find that it will be 
dried up in order that 8the way of  the 
kings of the ,east may be prepared40    
,that expression 8the kings of  the     
,east0 does not mean the kings now      
reigning in the ,east1 but it does  mean
 the kings who are to come up from the  
,east4  ,so that the full  meaning of   
the text would be given if we were to   
render it 8that the way  of the kings   
might be prepared from the ,east60  ,the
 persons referred to  are kings by      
birthright1 though they are far away in 
the ,east instead of  in their own home2
 but when the ,euphrates is dried up a  
way will be made  for their return4     

,who then are those kings8  ,and what   
nation is it that  ,god has chosen to   
royalty8  ,turn to ,exod4 xix4 #f1 and  
there you read of  ,israel1 8,ye shall  
be unto me a kingdom of priests20 the   
meaning of which  expression is         
explained by ,st4 ,peter's quotation of 
it1 in which he  substitutes the words  
8,a royal priesthood40  ,surely then it 
is not  altogether unreasonable to      
believe that the priests of that royal  
priesthood may be the kings referred to1
 and that a way will be prepared  for   
their return by the drying up of the    
,euphrates1 or the wasting of the       
,turkish power4    ,the same conclusion 
may be drawn from the words of our      
blessed ,saviour in  ,luke xxi4 #bd1    
8,jerusalem shall be trodden down of the
 ,gentiles until the  times of the      
,gentiles be fulfilled40  ,those words  
most clearly teach us  that ,jerusalem  
is to be trodden down for a time1 but   
they no less clearly  imply that it will
 be for a time only1 and that it will be

 restored when  the times of the        
,gentiles are fulfilled4  ,by whom then 
is ,jerusalem now  trodden down8  ,who  
is it that is at the present day        
treading down the  captive city8  ,there
 can be no doubt as to the answer4  ,it 
is the ,turk  that is the treader down  
of ,jerusalem4  ,it is the ,ottoman     
power that  holds it under foot4  ,it is
 the ,euphratean flood that has         
overwhelmed it2  and if so1 is it not an
 obvious conclusion that the fall of    
,turkey is  likely to be the rise of    
,jerusalem1 and that ,turkish decay is  
the  harbinger of the ,jew's prosperity8
  ,when therefore we see the waste of   
,turkey1 and witness the receding of the
 waters1 we see in that waste the       
budding of the fig tree2 and1 as        
believers in ,god's word1 we are taught 
by the prophetic ,scriptures to look out
 for the outburst of the summer in  all 
its glory on ,palestine4    ,but now    
turn to the treaty with ,turkey1 and see
 how it bears on the  prospects of      

,israel4  ,look at it well1 and consider
 whether it may not be  regarded as the 
budding of the ,jewish fig tree4        
,according to that treaty ,turkey in    
,asia is placed under what approaches   
to an ,english protectorate1 and one of 
the principal covenants is that         
,england shall in future have a voice in
 its government4  ,now think for a      
moment of the vast importance of that   
part of ,turkey in ,asia now called     
,syria1 and consider whether there is   
any plot of land on the face of the     
globe that is of more importance to the 
commerce of the world4  ,on the  ,s4,w4 
it reaches down to the isthmus of ,suez1
 through which the traffic  between the 
,eastern and ,western hemispheres is now
 passing like the sand  through the     
narrow neck of an hour glass4  ,the     
result is that any  powerful nation     
holding ,syria would have the power of  
interrupting the  greater part of the   
trade of the world4  ,then on the ,east 
and ,north ,east  it is bounded by the  

valley of the ,euphrates1 which is      
almost certain  before long to become   
the line of ,railroad from ,europe to   
,india4  ,that  country therefore1      
though not much above #djj miles from   
,north to ,south1  commands the two     
great highways between the ,eastern and 
,western  hemispheres4  ,any powerful   
nation holding ,syria will command both 
those  communications between ,europe   
and the ,east4  ,can we then believe it 
possible that ,england1 now having the  
right of interference1 will leave  that 
most important country to the miserable 
maladministration of six  ,turkish      
,pashas8  ,can we doubt for a moment    
that the first object of this  ,country 
will be to secure for ,syria a          
,government so firm1 so just1 and so    
trustworthy1 that it may give security  
to life and property8  ,is it not  next 
to certain that those who have made this
 treaty will do their utmost  to secure 
through its means an efficient          
administration for a district of  such  

vast importance8  ,but if they succeed1 
what will be the effect of  such a      
government8  ,will it not immediately   
attract thither both capital  and       
enterprise8  ,as things are now1 nothing
 can prosper1 because there is  no      
security4  ,if people grow a crop they  
cannot be confident that they  will ever
 enjoy the fruit4  ,if it is not        
plundered by the ,bedouin1 it is  too   
often seized by the ,pasha4  ,so that   
one of our ,missionaries  writes--8,the 
inhabitants of ,palestine are becoming  
poorer every year4  ,this is especially 
the case with the cultivators of the    
soil1 who mostly  suffer the burden of a
 cruel and grasping system of taxation1 
now doubled  on account of the ,russian 
war40  ,but if there were a good        
government all  would be changed4  ,then
 he that planted the vineyard might eat 
the fruit  thereof1 and he that tilled  
the soil might calculate on the produce 
of  his labour4  ,and this is the change
 that we may expect to see very  quickly

 brought about by ,england4  ,this ,i   
trust before many months are  passed    
will be the blessed result of our       
country's use of her new treaty  rights4
    ,but we have not yet done with      
,syria1 for there is this peculiar      
interest  attached to it1 that it is the
 very country which ,god gave to        
,abraham4  ,the boundaries are almost   
exactly the same4  ,take the map of     
,syria1 and  compare it with the promise
 originally given to ,abraham4  ,look at
  ,israel's title deeds as recorded in  
,gen4 xv4 #ah4--8,unto thy seed have ,i 
given this land1 from the river of      
,egypt unto the great river1 the river  
,euphrates40  ,and see how this title   
deed was afterwards ratified through    
,moses2 7,deut4 xi4 #bd47 the only      
difference being that he draws his line 
from ,east to ,west1 instead of from    
,north ,east to ,south ,west1 and so    
speaks of the ,mediterranean as the     
,western boundary4  8,every place       
whereon the soles of your foot shall    

tread shall be yours3 from the          
wilderness and ,lebanon1 from the river1
 the river ,euphrates1 even unto  the   
uttermost ,sea shall your coast be40    
,that most important district is        
therefore the very district given by    
,god to the seed of ,abraham more than  
#cjjj years ago4  ,it belongs therefore 
to the house of ,israel4  ,it is  their 
own1 and why should they not return8    
,people say they would not  return if   
they could1 and ,i have no doubt that of
 a great number that is  perfectly true4
  ,i have no doubt that it would be with
 many ,jews in  respect of ,palestine1  
just as it is with thousands of         
,gentiles in respect  of eternal life4  
,how many are there who have life and   
restoration  offered them in ,christ    
,jesus1 but who are altogether          
indifferent to the  offer8  ,so         
doubtless it will be with multitudes of 
the house of ,israel  when the ,jubilee 
trumpet is blown4  ,the return may be   
proclaimed as that  from ,babylon was   

proclaimed in the edict of ,cyrus1 but  
none will respond  but those whose      
spirit ,god will have raised4  ,but how 
many are there in  ,russia1 in ,poland1 
in ,hungary1 in ,roumania1 in ,arabia1  
and amongst ,god's  hidden ones         
throughout the world1 who look on       
,palestine as the long lost  home of    
their fathers1 and who are crying and   
sighing for the recovery of  ,jerusalem6
  ,and why should not they hasten there 
as soon as ,palestine is  safe8  ,they  
have all that is required1 the capital  
and the enterprise4  ,they hold the     
title deeds of ,palestine1 and they are 
only strangers  amongst the people where
 they are scattered4  ,what then is     
there to delay  their return as soon as 
a righteous government is established8  
,it is of  no use for them to go there  
now4  ,if they were to take their silver
 and  their gold with them now the      
probability is that they would soon lose
 it  through either plunder or taxation4
  ,but let ,england put forth her power1

  and establish with a strong hand a    
,government that may be trusted1 and    
before many months are passed we may see
 the fulfilment of the prophecy         
recorded in ,isaiah lx4 #h1 #i4--8,who  
are these that fly as a cloud1 and as   
the doves to their windows8  ,surely the
 isles shall wait for me1 and the  ships
 of ,tarshish first1 to bring thy sons  
from far1 their silver and  their gold  
with them1 unto the name of the ,lord   
thy ,god1 and to the ,holy  ,one of     
,israel1 for he hath glorified thee40   
,but if such should be the case1 how    
wonderful are the times in which we     
live6  ,it is #bfjj years since that    
prophecy was given by ,god through      
,isaiah1 but hitherto there has not been
 a sign of its fulfilment4  ,how        
marvellous it would be if we1 or even   
our children1 should actually  witness  
its accomplishment6    ,it is #bejj     
years since ,israel was outcast1 and    
#ahjj years since ,judah was  dispersed4
  ,during those periods1 the four great 

predicted empires have  risen and       
fallen2 but there has been no movement  
yet for the restoration  of the ,jews4  
,on the day of the ,ascension the       
,apostles asked when the  kingdom should
 be restored to ,israel1 and the ,lord  
,jesus answered that it  was not for    
them to know the time4  ,ever since that
 day believers have  been waiting for   
it1 assured that it would be1 but unable
 to calculate  the date2 but now1 not   
only do we seem to be on the verge of   
the return1  for it is perfectly clear  
that the way is likely to be opened for 
it as  it has never been since the      
dispersion1 but it seems not improbable 
that  our own dear country may be ,god's
 chosen instrument in its               
accomplishment4  ,it seems indeed not   
impossible that ,england1 and           
,england's ,queen1 may be the persons   
referred to in that other prophecy1     
,isaiah xlix4 #bb1 8,behold ,i will lift
 up my hand to the ,gentiles1 and set   
up my standard to the people3 and they  

shall bring thy sons in their  arms1 and
 thy daughters shall be carried upon    
their shoulders4  ,and kings  shall be  
thy nursing fathers1 and their ,queens  
thy nursing mothers40    ,but we must   
look farther still1 and the eye must    
reach even beyond the  return of        
,israel4  ,there are many ready to say  
that they do not care much  whether the 
,jews are restored or not1 for it will  
make very little  difference to them4   
,but we must remember that the return of
 the ,jews  will be but the beginning of
 the end1 for there are far greater     
blessings  beyond4  ,we must never      
forget the promise in ,psalm cii4 #af1  
8,when the  ,lord shall build up ,zion  
,he shall appear in ,his glory40  ,there
 cannot be  a doubt that the return of  
the ,jews and the coming of the ,lord   
are most  intimately connected in the   
,word of ,god4  ,every thing therefore  
that  affects the ,jews affects more or 
less our hope of seeing ,,him4  ,when we
  see them in ,palestine we may begin to

 look out for his appearing4  ,when     
they are in ,zion we may hope that ,,he 
will soon come there to reign4  ,oh6    
what a summer will that be1 8when the   
,sun of ,righteousness shall arise  with
 healing in ,his wings10 when 8the sun  
shall be ashamed1 and the moon          
confounded1 when the ,lord of ,hosts    
shall reign in ,mount ,zion1 and before 
his ancients gloriously60  ,what a      
multitude of overpowering thoughts are  
presented to us if we trust we see in   
our own day even though it be  nothing  
more than what we think may prove to be 
the first budding of the  ,jewish fig   
tree6  ,it may be only the first        
budding1 and there may still  be a great
 deal to follow before we gather the    
fruit4 #ae  ,but if there  is a bud at  
all there is enough in it to fill our   
hearts with holy hope1  and to remind us
 of the words of our ,lord--8,when these
 things begin to  come to pass then look
 up and lift up your heads1 for your    
redemption  draweth nigh40              

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