ountry they cut in
two, no matter, the earth must finally conform to this Divine geography.
This purpose is strongly set forth by Isaiah xliv. 7: "And who, as I,
shall call and shall declare it, and set it in order for Me, since I
appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming and shall
come." This same sturdy fact is taught by Paul when speaking to the
Athenians, telling them that God "hath made of one blood all nations of
men to dwell on the face of the earth, _and hath determined the times
before appointed_, _and the bounds of their habitations_." National
destinies are not so much things of chance, or prizes for the sword, as
many think. God promised to David, when both Israel and Judah were
prosperously settled in Palestine under David's reign, that He would
appoint a place for His people Israel, and plant them there, and they
should not be moved, neither should the wicked afflict them, as aforetime
(2 Sam. vii. 10.) This promise God has kept. He has given them the
British Isles, where none can afflict them, as they were wont to do when
Israel was scattered in Asia and Europe. God has found Manasseh a home
in this land of blessings and rich acres.

England, by a necessity, was forced to find new countries to provide for
her multiplying population. Then she is forced to enter other nations as
a missionary. She, with Manasseh, is chiefly responsible for the
evangelisation of the world, and of course they are at work all over the
world, for England and the United States send out more missionaries than
all the world beside. Russia needs no land for colonisation, for now her
inhabitants number only thirty-four to the square mile, while England
numbers 889. If we take in all the territory under Russia and England,
even then England has more to the square mile than Russia. Russia
comprises about 8,000,000 square miles, and England, with her late
additions, leaving out the United States, numbers about 9,000,000.
Joining Ephraim and Manasseh together, they own one-fourth of the whole
world--namely, about 13,000,000 square miles; the whole earth numbers
51,340,800 square miles. Besides, Russia is not a missionary country.
She neither sends any, nor accepts any, being at present the only nation
closed to missionary operation and toleration. The past few years Russia
has gained rapidly in territorial power. With the conquest of Bokhara
and portions of Turkestan, or Independent Tartary, she has added