Russia the Colossus

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by the Russians in the immediate vicinity, on land also owned by them. The property is walled in with up-to-date stone and brick walls, and is kept in the most perfect condition.

Russia the Colossus.

Very few people really know Russia. Until we visited it we had no idea as to its colossal magnitude and greatness. It occupied quite a second rate place in our estimation; and as to Poland, it practically stood nowhere. The best and most picturesque, as well as the tersest description of Russia, is that of Mr. Stephen Graham, in his racy and instructive volume, Russia and the World, in which he makes a comparison of Britain, Germany, and Russia. He says, "As nations go, Britain is like a man of 45; Germany like a man of 30; but Russia like a genius who is just 18." And again the same writer remarks, "Russia, the silent one, silent for 25 years, and then silent for 10 years more is speaking now, or about to speak. The spirit moves mysteriously in her. She begins to know that a new time is at hand."

It is a remarkable fact that Russia, too, in relation to the Jews is colossal. That country still contains more of the descendants of Israel than all the rest of the world put together. Out of 12,000,000 of Jews in the earth, between 6,000,000 and 7,000,000 are under the sway of the Czar. It is remarkable too that more Russian pilgrims visit the Holy Places annually than from any other country.

But in the near future, not Russian pilgrims but Russian soldiers-Cossacks and others-will go to

these places, and among the others (as we shall presently show) will be Germans under the leadership of Russia, for there is not the slightest doubt that whatever may be the details of the terms of peace and the division of spoil at the end of the European upheaval, Russia and the Allies will come to the top, and Russia will be the head, and at her beck and call will be ultimately every power except that of the British Lion and all "the young lions."

Germany's Finger in the Pie.

It will be noticed by the careful Bible student that God, through Ezekiel, also speaks of "Rosh as "Gog, of the land of Magog." So we are confronted with the question, "Who is Magog?' A clue to the right answering of that question is found in the writings of so ancient an authority as Josephus, who informs us that "Magog founded the Magogæ, or Scythæ ", which Diodorus Siculus said inhabited the north of Gaul. That clearly suggests that the territory occupied by the Germans is the "land of Magog"; so that in this remarkable prophecy of Ezekiel concerning "the Latter Years", we have evidence that Russia and Germany will be jointly interested, and will act shoulder to shoulder in an invasion of the Mountains of Israel, and a capturing of the unwalled villages, till then dwelling safely all of them."

Naturally, the interested reader will be constrained to ask, "Is it at all likely that Germany will play 'second fiddle' to Russia?" In that matter we shall do well to keep in mind the old German