Show FI r THE 0 RUSSIA FORETOLD by the I Many Think It tt IB la Predicted p by t tho h I I h U n o of 01 O G gj e Manog nod Rosh Roah Much tho 5 War In the lh Knot InsL 5 5 J 2 H H H K HH SulI AntH SIMON Of pC Washington D DL DR Dr L c r Hebrew Congregation declared Wod R f i In III a recent address to his people 1 I V I that ha the foretells positively d explicitly the Iho downfall of Ida 11 is k I the lie Ih nt placed by him ad lid other ner Hebrew scholars upon tho the n sad and l chapter d t hf the Hook of oC Ezekiel I RUt and ho he believes behaves he y may be fulfilled In ht tha tho war wu wui v tnt oln on III I the tie far east i thy taco face against Son ROil BO of man net lIot th land hind of Magog Mallos tho the elite chief prince cg und of Mesheck mid Tubal I I oR him I the Introduction to the tho th tavo 10 mentioned na ns translated Inundated by byi bt bl i Himon which differs somewhat i though rt IhRl tha of of the though agrees with the revised version verll 01 In III It S o with the tho view tow that al in III u a 4 vision Islon the doom of at tho the M u g i IS I the thc czuri Magog the czar tsar Mesh Is I the tho com can and Tubal tan tho subject aNat Inri about the tho Caspian tea sea find and In III 61 81 tuna ala PUNISHMENT NT OF 01 Following out this Idea God doil through MI iu II rr pr r r l pt i t announces that ho la Is Jog dog and his land visited that tor upon MP Ip punishment shall bo visited upon Magog ly by the Most MOIl High because of i It of Israel n bbl II I i hiV hi his addren In s Mid BAld thin flat nil the Us cAs t s In et re tor an 18 the thet t salt lull of f long persecution of tho the Jews Jew 1 lb of oC Innocent people In of ot race and hatred hn The rabbi admonished his hili flock that tha thad 1 d d of or f Israel Israels captivity was 11 ur it and that they should loot look upon the ine e o nation as nil the tho possible lit tu of vengeance In ht the tho hand ot of ah The Prophet I describes In tiler tw iu to o chapt r a fierce norco and antI do de war ar In which tho the hosts hosta of God go 0 out to 10 battle tor for tho purpose of or ink tok inkIng lakIng Ing and defending a t upon spoil The Tho Al AI Almighty Almighty mighty n h I represented an nil putting It in min rhe hf mind mod of tho the ration notion of or Magog to marshal Its armies land and seize upon a n af 1 f J useless ss land of he armies of Gag dog overspread n land landi t i tie ie people of ot which h have gotten cat catt t t I und and goods The Tho robber nation In Is dt de with ruthless Intent reaching cut out ut to take possession of this rich and to appropriate Its com corn ner nere TIME OP OF WAR WAn The prophet says this war will puce plate In tho the latter years rears upon thu mountains of Israel I rl el Tho The military forces rOTU are like a II cloud to toCO cover r tho the land They come comp u great company of various ric aces out ut of the tho north parts In thin war tsar Jehovah In represented as taking t Ihs tM sword In III Ills His own hand lIand to light fight against the battalions ot of clog lot first to avenge the tho wrongs of Ills His people and aM then to 10 sanctify Ills His among tho the of at the earth The Tho progress of ot otIe ofte tv te Ie war tear Is thus described And I 1 will plead against him witH and with blood and I wilt rain nIn upon him and upon his bands b nd ana the tho many mallY people lf with him alt 1111 rain and great hailstones asI U Ore and brimstone OF Oli TUB CONFLICT The results of or tho the war are lire foretold In Inn n forcible forel le term Gog Is turned turnell rik eln jaws and i lk K with lIh a hook In his hll Jaws jas and Is IR Isi i 1 in but a 6 sixth part of his hili dominions TIle Tie bOw Is smitten out of his loft I hM M Nt and tho the arrows from his right Meat Defeat follows the campaign in a II man many Her ter tr to astonish tho the world tho the vast military forces of ac the nation that Itself Invincible being turned turnell to and the dead plied piled In masses upon up upon Upon on the mountains and through tho the toile Tho The slain became tho the prey of UMU and venomous birds 1 In the tho language of the tha prophecy the tho inhabitants of tho the country burn tho the aban weapons as 1111 firewood for tor wren ten years The Tho stench from tram the tho i tan u it is t 4 ao 40 gre great t as all to cause causO Ira gin to 10 avoid Urn the locality holding t noses nots Inhabitants of the th hind r re ens engaged ed In the th burial of the dead delu and M n men of regular employment are arc filled angled out ut for the tho task which lasts seven lelen months month The Tho long stretch h of ot bum banal I trenches Is l called tho the valley of ot Th The Thill rout of the chief of ot Rah Is pictured ns as complete completo rd d th the Most Brost High gloats In triumph y sr the ih Ib or of His 1118 people who af nt win will nourish In I n the tho lAnd bought bark bak from the sword The n two tn chapter chapters of EzekIel In which II i i said M the doom of or Is nn arc Up an nn Interpolation having having mile ittle tie or no M connection with the rest of the 5 prophecy cy which predicts the tho doom Tre and several overal nations of ft the th tho final trIumph of oC of hurl luwi TO COMMENTATORS These chapters dl ter have been ft a stumbo ling block always In the way WILY of th the tho commentators com men tutors Nothing like the rou rout of clog over ocr happened In tho the history o of Israel leniol Indeed not until recent years year was the tho Idea advanced that these the e chap the fragment of or ft n 1 larger large book related to nU It as the thu oppressor sor SOl of or the Hebrew lint but the tho Israel Irael I ten Ilea persecutions In covering n a 1 long loner period and culminating in the th horrible atrocity nt It have hav thrown now light upOn tho the subject s so that many biblical have Tom Torun olM to believe behave that the prince of ot Rosh and land the tho mysterious my land of Magog M may mean Russia Whether the tho destruction of the host of Magog Mago Is III actually to tako take pine a nil as described in lh the mountains mountain of Israel brul that Is holy hol land I may b bt be doubted doubled There are no Inhabitants li In that thai country now no Industries o or commerce to excite tho the cupidity o of Russia or to 10 meet tho the o of oC the tho spoil which Jehovah put It Into the tho mind of or clog to 10 Unless Units this tragic event shall take lake place Iaco fur far In the future It will not flail find Its Ita fulfillment literally literal In the mountains of Israel NOT IN PALESTINE IArI tho punishment of flog Clor oven In the terms of the tho y could e bo Administered red elsewhere el Indeed a close reading of ot Iho Urn two chapters will show that the scene of the war Is not In Somo Homo sea sen almost a com eons pleto fulfillment of ot vision It III ht the war lIar between Russia and Japan The Tho prophet declares declare lint after atter the tho evil ovll II thought of at seeking n a spoil has hai hB taken possession of Jog ho will torn torm the purpose of going a pease peace fun ful hind to them that arc nt at rest relit and have no bars to their gates neutral The Tho Russian Invasion of ef Manchuria ft n neutral s otate a elby by advancing advancing Its rail road rond with the tho Intention of If seizing tho the commerce of the tho cast C by Intrigue at Peking OcH the tho prophecy stealth nod crooked diplomacy by Con COg sack pack and Infantry while making pro of pence ponce are BO so ninny many indi cation of ot the evil purpose Inspire d lit Ili the mind of ot the chief chic prince of ot Rosh Hash In the tho description of or tho the succeeding events aventa Ezekiel J speaking p for tor Jehovah says I will w send a n 1 lire on Magog and among them that dwell confidently In i the tho FIRED WITH WIT AMBITION If It ever nation was waB fired with lu lust l lof of power greed of ot conquest and ex ax expansion pension of territory the tho ambitions of ot the tho war cabal in Hl at Petersburg Itter burg are tire and the dominions of at the czar until now have enlarged almost constantly for tor several hundred years On the other hand hond no nation England possibly p excepted over ever dwelt more mar con cony Q In the Isles than Japan It too has been tired fired with patriotism and Ind a purpose to frustrate the designs of ot Russia The picture of the tho battles in which the tho hosts of or Magog are ate turned back blick backward ward in ruin upon his bands an over overflowing lowing flowing rain and nM great grent hailstones tire fire and brimstone accords well with thu Ihl engagements on ou the Yalu at al Llao Liao Yang on the tho and about Port Arthur No battles of ot nil all time have havo had such fluch accompaniment of thun thundering thundering dering artillery Dy fly day and night tine the boom of guns flash of batteries und mind scream of shells sheila and shrapnel have produced a scope resembling fire und arid brimstone The Th Correspondents orre have havo described the appalling of tho the bombardments especially the tho lurid lurhl ef effect feet teet of oC tho the fighting at night The Tho armies of Jap and Russian have been beon subjected to a 1 literal rain of ot fire He lie sides Idell the tho military operations In Mon Many chUrla at Port Arthur and antI on all the sea oa kayo have been Interrupted again and ond again by Uy an on overpowering rain RAINS STOP ATOP TOl OPERATIONS The battle battlo of ot the tho was wall stopped by several days claya of rain Pursuit by tho the Japanese at the end of ot the lighting nt ot Mao Liao Yang was Impossible because of oC tho the Impassable roads road At Port Arthur operations have been suspended by storms and the tho Vladivostok fleet neet probably ably escaped e destruction because of the tho violent thunderstorm which hid the squadron from the sight eight and guns of or J Moreover the prophet describes ft n modern battle In the over overthrow overthrow throw of oC log flog In his hili references to the tho rain of fire and brimstone upon the combatants One of or tho the woes pronounced upon jog Clog was wall that the tho Most High would smite the tho bow from one hand and the arrows from tram the other This by small departure from literalness could mean meRn that Magog should be beaten In III both bolh arms of Its service alike on sea sen and land Those who reverently read the history of ot the world In the prophecies ll of oC tho the have small doubt that l foretells the ruin of ot Russia It If not hot In Inthe Inthe inthe the war with Japan then at nt soma nomo fut tul future lira ure day In the fullness of time In hr tho latter Star Washing Washington I ton D A C hay hn pom second with ears cars carsIn In n computing th the revenue an en aver average average age revenue p Ier r pounds pound II per ton Ier and per car ear him been struck These average R revenues revenue are Aro taken at III the r rl re suit of ot experience of or years years In moving farm products and therefore can be betaken talton taken to be as near the lice actual revenue as al It is 18 possible polI to estimate Whom Wheat Is II shown to bo be the third most moot fruitful of or tho the farm source of revenue to 10 th the railroads the crop crap rop of ot 1901 being worth to them at nt least Corn Coin pays the tha largest tax which this year oar will amount to about stout Second on the list lIt In the tho amount of ot transportation tux taX stands stand hay which will bring brink a of about while at Rt the bottom of et the tho list stands rye r o which wll bring tho th ho rode roads aid ald |