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 permitted to express an intimate conviction of the meaning of prophecy, is the wonderful destiny of this great northern potentate. I hazard no predictions of my own; I fix no dates, but no man can arrest the onward course of time, or gainsay the decrees of the Almighty.

The King of the North, when the hour marked from all eternity has arrived, will fix his tabernacle, Apadno, that is, his royal palace (for such is the force of the Hebrew term), between the seas, upon a glorious and holy mountain, that is, as an Anglican writer, Forster, has clearly demonstrated, at Constantinople. It is true, that that learned and interesting writer takes a totally different view from myself upon the prophecies in question; but that the glorious and holy mountain between the seas signifies Constantinople, he entertains no doubt whatever. Nor do I; and sooner or later I believe the King of the North will reign in that imperial city, and rescue the ancient churches of Oriental Christendom from the dominion of Antichrist. But it is clear from the language of the Prophet that this great achievement will be the result of the immense exertions of the King of the North, single-handed, and unaided by other powers; for the Scripture con-