Russia Then and Now, 1892-1917: My Mission to Russia During the Famine of 1891-1892, with Data Bearing Upon Russia of To-day |
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Alexander Alexander III American aristocracy army asked blessing BOGORODITSK bushels cargo cent Christian Church Consul Count Leo Tolstoy Count Paul Count Tolstoy crops Curatorium Czar's ukase district drink Duma Emperor Empire English Europe father favour flour foreign Foster Fraser's Russia France friends German given Grand Duchess Grand Duke honour hundred ILYA TOLSTOY Imperial increased industry Jews John Foster Fraser's kvass labour ladies land letter liquor Madame miles million Moscow nations never officers patriotism peace Petersburg Petrograd Philadelphia political present Prince Princess Mary prohibition Province railroad railway Red Cross REEVES Relief Committee religion religious Riga roubles roubles in 1913 Rudolph Blankenburg rulers Russia of To-Day Russian Empire Russian Government Russian peasants Samuel McRoberts Society spirit steamship story Tamboff teetotal thing thousand tion trade Tynehead ukase United versts village vodka shops WHARTON BARKER women word Zemstvo
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Page 61 - If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go ; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.
Page 27 - Which of these three, thinkest thou, proved neighbour unto him that fell among the robbers ? And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. And Jesus said unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.
Page 40 - ... of which some writers have spoken so much. The Zemstvo is a kind of local administration which supplements the action of the rural communes, and takes cognisance of those higher public wants which individual communes cannot possibly satisfy. Its principal duties are to keep the roads and bridges in proper repair, to provide means of conveyance for the rural police and other officials, to elect the justices of peace...
Page viii - For the darkness shall turn to dawning, And the dawning to noon-day bright, And Christ's great kingdom shall come on earth, The kingdom of Love and Light.
Page viii - We've a story to tell to the nations That shall turn their hearts to the right, A story of truth and mercy, A story of peace and light.
Page viii - We've a song to be sung to the nations, That shall lift their hearts to the Lord; A song that shall conquer evil And shatter the spear and sword, And shatter the spear and sword.
Page v - And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes : and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, nor any more pain, for the former things are passed away
Page viii - We've a message to give to the nations. That the Lord who reigneth above. Hath sent us His Son to save us. And show us that God is love. And show us that God is love.
Page 49 - ... William in spite of Austria; and with Francis II. the third partition, which disgusted Prussia. She contributed indirectly to agitate and dissolve the coalition, whilst the Polish insurrection, encouraged by France, prevented her from joining it. She died on the 6th-1yth November, 1796, aged 67 years.
Page 169 - THE increase in her national debt should encourage the development of her vast but hitherto almost untouched natural resources, so that that debt may be promptly and easily paid. THE tremendous effort being put forth to manufacture munitions and supplies for her armies should mean the establishment of a domestic manufacturing organization incomparably superior to any that existed before the war. THE decrease in State revenue due to the abolition of the vodka traffic has been accompanied by an unparalleled...