Excerpt from Prophecy and the Eastern Question: Being an Exhibition of the Light Shed by the Scriptures of Truth on the Matters Involved in the Crisis That Has Arrived in Eastern Affairs There is a general disposition, particularly among the educated, to scout the application of prophecy to such subjects. The failure of interpretation in the hands of fantastic and incompetent writers, is made a reason for dismissing the whole subject from consideration or respect. That this is reasonable will not be contended for by reasonable men. It may be natural, but natural only with those who are influenced by appearances. A subject that was not beneath the study and reverence of the discoverer of gravitation, cannot lack claims on the attention and confidence of the common run of men. Only those who reject the Bible can consistently disregard the indications of the prophetic word; and the Bible can not be rejected without doing violence to the commonest elements of fact and evidence. This is not the place to consider the claims of the Bible to our confidence. These remarks are addressed to those who believe in the resurrection of Christ, and, therefore, in the divinity of the Scriptures endorsed by him. Such are aware that prophecy has been too signally fulfilled in the past to leave any doubt as to its reliability for the future. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.