EXPECTATION OF CHRIST'S ADVENT AMONG THE TURKS.
We quote the following from the Springfield Republican of June 20, 1879:— “The Turks,” says a correspondent of the Observer, writing from their midst, “are believers in the second advent of Christ. It is a common remark among them now that the prophetic indications of his coming, as given in their books, are being manifested. These signs are general distress and suffering, disorder, war, rebellion, the decline of the true faith, general corruption, oppression, etc. He is to descend at Damascus, become a genuine Moslem, and during the forty years of his earthly career he is to secure great prosperity, and peace shall be so complete as to extend even to the lower orders of creation, as described in Isaiah. The advent of Christ is to be succeeded by other wonders in rapid succession, and then the end of the world is to come. “This is the belief of all orthodox Mohammedans, and, considering this belief, it is not strange that the devout among them are looking for the end of the world. During no period of their recent history have the signs above mentioned been so fully realized as at present.”