The Peril of the Republic of the United States of America - Percy T. Magan

from the “north quarters” with all his bands with
him, that he comes forth to war, and that that war is
“against the mountains of Israel.” It is also clear
that the Lord is “against” the emperor of the
Russians, and at that time and place pleads with
him with “great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.”
And what is this but the battle of Armageddon in
which all the “kings of the East” and “of the whole
world” are involved? And where is it but in the
land of Palestine, on the “mountains of Israel,” the
place to which the Ottoman empire is to go when
driven out from Constantinople?
In the book of the prophet Micah it is written
that in “the last days” there shall “many nations
come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the
mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God
of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we
will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of
Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
And he shall judge among many people, and
rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat
their swords into plowshares, and their spears into
pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword
393