ersal peace. It is a delusion too long entertained by
the Church to think that David's throne and seed have not now, nor for
centuries had, an existence. It is a delusion that we should not
entertain for a moment to think that the Ten Tribes of Israel are lost
for ever, or that their work or mission is fulfilled. As surely as the
Two Tribes, Judah and Levi, now exist, fulfilling and filling in the
outlines of prophetic history, so surely are Reuben, Simeon, Zebulun,
Issachar, Dan, Gad, Asher, Naphtali, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh in
existence, answering the purpose of an all-seeing Providence.

Who are the kings of the East spoken of in the Scriptures? We answer,
They are the royal ones of the House of David. The word king, both in
Hebrew and Greek, means such. This seed God chose, and made them royal
by that very selection. They have been away from their own land,
Palestine, wandering and dwelling in the West. But God in Providence is
preparing a way for their return. In connection with the pouring out of
the sixth vial upon the great river of the Euphrates, or upon Turkey, as
most writers agree, the waters are to dry up--that is, Turkey is to
decay, to be absorbed. And why? "That the way of the kings of the East
might be prepared" (Rev. xvi. 12).

These kings have been away from the East, and their return is assured,
and the preparation for such return is to be seen at this time and in
connection with the decay of Turkey. If Turkey, as symbolised by the
river Euphrates, is drying up, then these kings must be advancing
Eastward; and so they are.

The crownless king, Disraeli, who, like many other men God has raised up,
is for these times an index finger pointing out the way of Providence.
He is a receptive agent of Divine force, to the intent that he may
interpret a Divine purpose. He may know, or he may not know, that he is
so directed of heaven. The prophets of old were seldom permitted to
interpret or understand their own prophecies. If they asked, like
Daniel, the meaning, they were told to "go their way," for oftentimes the
words were "closed up and sealed until the time of the end." No wonder
this man, against all England nearly, and to the amazement of all the
world, proclaims the Queen of England the Empress of India, for the way
of the kings of the East must be prepared.

Napoleon Bonoparte's grand idea was to prepare the way of the kings of
the East and make himself and his descendants