instance, if one desires to know the destiny of Turkey, he will find
it set forth by the prophets under the name of Edom and Esau. Moab and
Ammon are found in the Poles and Hungarians; they were the sons of Lot.
In all parts of the world the children of Abraham have an attachment for
each other. Thus India was peopled at first by the descendants of
Abraham; hence they will mix with, and accept English rule sooner than
any other people. "But unto the sons of the concubines which Abraham
had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he
yet lived, Eastward, unto the East country" (Gen. xxv. 6). If we trace
back the origin of a people to their head or founder, we will better
understand their peculiarities and national idiosyncrasies. Study
Ishmael to understand the Arabs, Esau to understand the Turks, Ammon and
Moab to understand the Poles and Hungarians. Study the character and
condition of Manasseh in Egypt, as being brought up in a palace, and
being the lawful heir, but deprived of his birthright by a Providence
which he could not understand, and you have at once a key to the Pilgrim
character, and the characteristics of a real American--why he hates
titles, kings, and aristocracies. But he forgets not the place of his
youth when he had the great seal made; for on the reverse of the great
seal of the United States you will have the figure of a Pyramid crowned
with the All-seeing eye. No Tribe but the Tribe of Manasseh could say,
or did say, "We are a great people." Yet so this Tribe said to Joshua
(see Josh. xvii.). So we often say, "We are a great people."

Rachel and Leah, the two wives of Jacob, are the real source of the
separation of the Ten Tribes of Israel from Judah. Each wife sought to
have her son as a leader. Thus between Judah and Joseph began the spirit
of rivalry. Ephraim took up the cause of Rachel. David and Saul's
bitterness lies here. David stood for Leah, and Saul for Rachel. The
descendants of the North of Ireland, being from the Tribe of Dan, have
ever been distinct from the rest of the Irish in features, enterprise,
spirit and religion; for the others are the Canaanites of old, the
Philistines.

Who do the thirteen enemies stand for to-day? Let me answer you briefly.
Gog stands for the Caucasians or mountain tribes of Caucasus. Magog
covers the inhabitants and country North of the Caucasian mountains, and
they are known as Tartars. Rosh, or Roosh, means the