THE THRONE OF DAVID.
DISCOURSE XIX.

ENGLAND'S PROPHECY FULFILLED IN THE BERLIN CONGRESS--THE HARP OF TARA THE
HARP OF ISRAEL--THE FUTURE EUROPEAN ALLIANCES--ROYAL SUCCESSION OF THE
HOUSE OF ISRAEL.

"I will overturn, overturn, overturn it; and it shall be no more,
until He comes whose right it is; and I will give it Him."--Ezekiel
xxi. 27.

The closing of the famous European Congress will now freely permit us to
canvass the work and results of the same, and to compare the sequences
with the teachings of the prophets and intentions of Providence. The
results of the Congress have taken the world by surprise. The very fact
that one should have been held under the enforced conditions of the
crownless king, Disraeli, was a wonder in itself. But the wonder is not
confined to the meeting and work of the Congress, for outside of, and in
spite of the Congress, a treaty has been made which converts wonder into
amazement. Back in the middle of last May (1878), England and Turkey
formed an alliance, offensive and defensive. Nay, more, for Turkey cedes
to England the fruitful and strategic island of Cyprus. What a triangle
of strongholds--Cyprus, Malta, and Gibraltar! Shades of Bonaparte!
Where is France in these days? She is renewing her strength, and is
wisely standing aside so as not to oppose Providence. In all this there
is nothing new or strange to the prophetic student. For long ago it was
written of Israel that she should be a company of nations, and possess
the gates of her enemies.

It is not by might, nor power of human origin, that these events must be
judged, or that they come to pass. But surely by the Spirit of God.
"There is a spirit in man, and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth it
understanding." Here Job gives us the key to unlock the mysteries of the
crownless king and his success. The apothegm of Bonaparte is as false as
he was unsuccessful--namely, that Providence is always on the side of the
strongest battalions. In Israel, in time of old, this was seldom true.
In fact, it was not true in the experience and campaigns of Bonaparte.
The logic of such a faith has been the ruin of lovely France more than
once, and will be again. For it must needs be that France break her
alliance with England, though now they are friends. France in a few
years will ally with the Beast, the Roman Church, in its last struggle
for rule and supremacy; and she will join hands with Anti-Christ. F