ENGLAND AND RUSSIA.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5314, 6 April 1878, Page 3

ENGLAND AND RUSSIA.

TO THE EDITOR OP THE NEW ZEALAND TIMES. SiE, —-I suppose I shall not be assuming too much when 1 state that the English nation is a Christian nation. Granting this, I suppose it will not be denied that as Christians we believe the Bible to be true. Now, I would suggest to those who are desirous of knowing of the present European crisis that they should carefully study their Bibles, more especially the prophetic parts. They will there find that England will preserve a strict neutrality. In the year 1701, nearly 200 years ago, a certain Robert Fleming published a work called the “ Key to the Apocalypse,” in which he sketched out what from his point of view, and from a careful study of the. Holy Scriptures, would bo the leading events likely to happen in Europe during the two centuries from the time of his writing to 1900. _ Owing to the extraordinary fulfilment of his interpretations of prophecy, this book created a very great sensation in ISIS, for certain occurrences in that memorable year were printed bj him in 1701. This work has been several times reprinted; the latest issue was in the end of 1877. Some discussion is going on in the English Press with reference to it, as this year, 1878, is mentioned in it for the collapse -of the Turkish Empire. It has also been pointed out that had Fleming taken fractions of years as well as whole years into his calculations, he would have hit the very day, and not only the year, when certain events took place. With this improved method of calculation, the 20th of June of this year will see the death of Turkey and the ushering in of a new order of things in the East. _ In conclusion I may say that it is the opinion of those who have studied and are studying the world’s politics with the Biblical cue, that England will not ally herself for aggressive purposes with any Power ; that she is strong enough to hold her own and protect her own interests against any Power, or any combination of Powers ; that she will very shortly take peaceable possession of Constantinople and the Holy Land, and assume the protectorate of Egypt. Meantime Eussia and Austria join in mortal combat, and eventually all the European Continental Powers are drawn into one of the most fearful wars that have ever cursed this globe. Eussia and her allies will be victorious, and then she will turn her attention to wiping out the British Empire, in which attempt she will be frustrated.—l am, &c., Neutral.