How the Truth May Go to Russia.
By Jos. Clarke
The following extract from the President’s Message goes far to show how Providence is opening the way for the light of truth to penetrate the vast empire of Russia. Should a colony of Russians emigrate to, and settle in, our country, no doubt the good among them would accept present truth, and at once publish the same in their native country. The following is the extract:— “The increased and steadily increasing facilities for reaching our unoccupied public domain, and for the transportation of surplus products, enlarges the available field for desirable homestead locations, thus stimulating settlement and extending year by year in a gradually increasing ratio, the ratio of occupation and cultivation. The expressed desire of the representatives of a large colony of citizens of Russia to emigrate to this country, as is understood with the consent of their government, if certain concessions can be made to enable them to settle in compact colony, is of great interest, as going to show the light in which our institutions are regarded by an industrious, intelligent, and wealthy people, desirous of enjoying civil and religious liberty; and the acquisition of so large an immigration of the citizens of a superior class would, without doubt, be a substantial benefit to the country. I invite attention to the suggestion of the Secretary of the interior in their behalf.”