ested and taught by this vision.

LITTLE HORN AND TURKEY.
DISCOURSE VIII.

THE TURKS THE ISHMAELITES--ENGLAND AND RUSSIA TO PARTITION THE MAHOMMEDAN
EMPIRE--WHY ENGLAND SYMPATHISES WITH TURKEY.

"And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed
exceeding great, toward the South, and toward the East, and toward
the pleasant land."--Daniel viii. 9.

Nebuchadnezzar had a dream, in which he saw a great metallic image of
human form. The head of gold stood for Babylon; the silver arms and
breast for Persia; the brass belly and thighs for Greece; the iron legs
and feet of iron and clay for Rome. To all this we find history has
faithfully and beautifully responded.

A few years after this we find that Daniel has a dream, which is
interpreted to him by an angel. From it we learn that the ten toes
symbolised ten kingdoms which were to arise out of the Roman Empire.

In the chapter from which we take our text, we are introduced into the
secrets of a vision which Daniel had. The place of the vision is on the
banks of the River Ulai, in the province of Elam, and in the gorgeous
palace of Shushan--a place and palace made famous and familiar to us by
the doings of King Ahasuerus and Queen Esther. In other words, the scene
is changed from the palace of Babylon to the palace of Persia.

In this vision, Pesia is typified by a ram, the two horns of which
represented Persia and Media, for they formed one Empire at this time,
under the powerful rule and reign of Cyrus, who, coming from the East,
pushed his conquests "Westward, and Northward, and Southward." "The two
horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came
up last." From history we know that Media conquered Persia, and we know,
also, that finally Persia gained ascendancy, so that the higher came up
last, and is even in existence to-day as the small kingdom of Persia; but
Media has long since disappeared.

While the seer Daniel was considering, behold an he-goat came from the
West. This goat had a notable horn between his eyes. Horn generally
symbolises power; here it symbolises a king of peculiar power, Daniel
tells us. Goat-like, it bounded over the earth rapidly, pushing and
goring its adversaries. Can any one at all acquainted with history fail
to see how fitly and grandly this description of the goat forecasts the
origin and progress of the Greek Empire?

Substitute Alexander the Great for the notable ho