The British Israelites; Or, Evidences of Our Hebrew Origin. Or, Evidences of Our Hebrew Origin (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... l4o RUSSIA THE ENEMY OF BRITAIN, Canal route would be in danger, she would have the Jordan valley route to fall back upon, and vice versa. The project has been objected to, first, on account of the difficulties attending the scheme; and, secondly, on account of the great portion of the land that would be inundated. The first objection is met by the proverb "Perseverance crowns success," and the second by a reference to Amos viii. 8, " Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned as by the flood of Egypt." Very probably this flooding of the valley will not be done by human agency, but by a wonderful display of Divine presence and power, for Amos(ix. 5)states that the Lord God of hosts is He that toucheth the land." (See also Micah i. 3, 4; J.oel iii. 18; Zech. xiv. 4, 8.) Russia is to be Israel's avowed enemy, as detailed in chapters xxxviii. and xxxix. of Ezekiel and other Scriptures, in the latter years. Bussia, and Russia alone of all the nations of the earth, is the openly declared enemy of England. All her movements have been directed against our country. During the past few years, her rapid progress in Central Asia has been towards India, taking advantage, step by step, of every political blunder made by our statesmen in their Russo-phobian paroxysms. Under the pretext of defining her frontier on a " satisfactory basis " she advanced to the Amu-Darya, on which our writers discussed her hostile intentions. To divert the public mind she attacked Turkey in Europe and advanced on Constantinople; her real ultimate aim being possession of the Holy Land, where on the outskirts of Jerusalem she is building extensively. This design on her part was frustrated by ...