Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-11-24

I md IL a very good thing occasionally
to take an atlas or modern geography
and refresh my memory. Those who
studied geography even ten years ago
can learn something new, for the nations
enlarge or are changed continually. The
newspapers and magazines now make II
possible for US to sit BY our own ire
sides and read OF the foreign countries
as fully as we do OF our own land. From
November Il to le was the worlds week
Of prayer in the Young Women's Chris
tlan association. Every day the associa-
ton work IN a different country was dis
cnssed and prayed over. 1t is pleasant
70 know that from every country under
the sun prayer and praise was ascend
ing al all hours for Gods blessing up
On this great work
I am giving you a paper that AIRS.
NcFa dden had on the field OF Chris
tan association work. And l am goins
to tell you something about the women
or Russia We have work in ten cities
and l think that is a good beginning do
you mott
Get your newest, or latest geography.
and you viii see thar ;;ie empire of ali
the Russias is almost able TO claim the
rank or q continent II stretches from
the Baltic to the Pacific. from the Arctic
only a sixth of all the land on the globe.
but every kind OF climate outside the
tropics. every kind OF vegetation, every
stage OF culture, and dozens of languages
and dialects Even the four weeks 1
spent there showed me the vastness. OF
IS resources and the wonderful possibili-
ties awaiting the mighty keys OF progress
and Christianity.
The culture OF Russia IS just as varied
as her peoples and climates met
young women. and officers Of the army.
whose culture and education cannot be
surpassed, men whose brilliancy and
sympathy are unexceIled. and others as
smooth as oil and quite as slRpery.
The country. though sparsely settled
IN parts. had the enormous population
Of more than 12s00o.000 In lSS7. OF these
about 20 per cent were Russian and be-
long 70 the Greek Orthodox church. who
claim the tar as pope The Poles are
Roman Catholics and number 100000.
There are also some Germans owning
sovereignty TO the tzar. tnen the Let's
and Esthonians- just across the Gulf
OF St. Petersburg. stanch Protestanrs 10
= man. are the wonderful people OF
Finland. In the southeast and in Siberia
are 100000 Mohammedan subjects OF
the tar and across the Pacific many
Chinese. Does It then surprise you that
two capitals are needed and that you
meet every sort and condition OF people
IN the tzar's domain
Count Leo Tolstoy estimated that there
we're 100. 90. 900 peasants in Russia, and
believe that he knew as much about
them as any other one man IN Russia
That would only leave 2s.OoOD-- for the
upper classes. and as the peasants are
almost entirely illiterate you see one Of
the problems confronting the people
There seems 10 be very few people In
the middle class. for till 1861 a mans
wealth was estimated by the number Of
his serfs. Thye were liberated by Alex
ander II IN ISL
That means that modern Russia was
born then and I could tell you many
thrilling stories OF the emancipation Of
the serfs. but 1 want 10 talk 10 you
about the women OF Russia
In the tenth century the first dawn
OF Christianity was ushered in amonA
the heather tribes living around the