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I have tried to ask all conceivable questions and propose all possible objections to the doctrine. How far my answers are satisfactory I leave my readers to judge. J. H. F. ^)Sbm^ \ V V THK TIIKOXE OF DAVID. gone o?t oTlTuL^Vnceilv:^^ "''' ""'^ ^'"^ »^'"« ^h«t is I will not lie ui,to David Hir«lVT''.? ^^^'^ hoUnem that QuEHTioN. Have I not at different times heard vou express views tourh.ng tiie promises made to David wiiidi are n^t exactly in harmony with the generally rece ved op io h. ANHWER. Very likely, as I have alwavs bee Tee to confess that the ordinary way of explaining 'these cr.tures 8 very unsatisfactory to me, .o much so fhat it seem like trid.ng with the Bible rather than explaining it ^''"'* "'^^ cle^?;. '^'°"'1 ^■°" ^^^'"^ **" "" explanation here, as it is not clear to me, wherein our expositors have been in error touch- ing these covenant promises ? A I will cheerfully do so, and I am glad to find you will- ing to look nto the subject. So many treat prophesy a" Ut w^re specially given to entangle the mind and obscure tmh hat .t as quite refreshing to find one who is willing o investigate. Prophesy was given for the purpose of making plain, ^. e telling beforehand what should take p^acr The only really prophetic book of the New Testament s caU d Apocalypse, which is the very reverse of mysterv Q. Why then have the prophesies been and still are thTros;err """'"' generally shunned by preachers of A For various reasons. Some have not the capacity or historical information to enable them to enter on o wl . theme; others are too indolent and would rather not have their minds disturbed or stirred up to studv anything- st 11 others are so jealous of old opinions that an^ new interpret, tion fills them with fear if not with enw ' ""erpreta- Q. This may all be true, but you have gone aside from the question^ There have been able and pious men who gave much thought to this subject of prophecy. Can you slio'- where they went astray and why ? ' >OU SllOA A. I have, it is true, gone a little aside, but nut because I feel unable to answer your question. These exr ositors thouli great and good men, were only ,nen and uni,'p,^^^^ They were not free from the influence of those schools of' hough which preceded them. About the third centun osophers laughed at the unfumilcd promi.es of'God's\C / •k This hurt the feellngH and wounded the pride of the greut Christian, who wa. himself a philosopher; and not beinK able to see how those promises of scripture could be Htemlly fulfilled gave them all a spiritual or allegorical interpretation. The spiritualizing method of interpretation introduced by him has influenced Christian thought more or less ever since, Ci. Would you say that it is wrong to spiritualize at all? A. Most assuredly I would not. How could I, when every one knows that the .Apostles frequently did It. All I insist upon Is that those promises and prophesies which plainly require a literal fulttlment should not be spiritualized away because we may not be able to see ^ast how (}od ean fulfil them. Would it not be far more honoring to faith to patiently await God's time than to say in the face of plain promises, "This is not to be literally understood." Is this not equal to saying, "(Jod made these promises but He has not kept them, therefore we must save the reputation of our God by giving His promises a mystical interpretation." In my opinion it would be far better to admit that we do not know how God can keep these [iromlses than to resort to such methods of Interpretation. The evils of spiritualizing are shown by Dr. Hovvlettinhis book Anglo-Israel, Part 5, chap. 1. " This spiritualizing of predictions totally ignores ?oea/i7iVs, and when this is done the language of the propiiets cannot be apprehended. They speak continually of plnccs Samarut, Jerusalem, Mi. Zion, The Land, The Great Sea, The hies of the West, The North Country, The Mountains of Bashan, ♦ Carmel.' ^Olives, on whose sides vines shall be planted as in davs of old.'" ' By spiritualizing these expressions the Bible has suffered at the hands of its friends more than by the attacks of its enemies. Dr. Hewlett goes on to say: "This system has prevailed ever since the fourth century. It teaches that tlie prophesies relating to the Hebrews, the historic people of God, are not to be understood in a literal sense, as signifying blessings to them, but in a mystical and figurative sense, as signifying spiritual blessings to the Gentile church. The effect has been to blot from the creed of Christendom the ' hope of Israel,' and to make tlie writings of the prophets a book with seven seals. . . . Such is the fruit of this theory of interpretation. It makes the clearest and most beautiful predictions of the prophets a ' rock of torture ' to the expositors. Is the Bible written in language ambiguous, so that like heathen oracles it may be understood in two or more senses entirely antagonistic? Not at all. 'The Bible is truth and sunlight.' This spiritualizing inter- pretation is falsehood and fog. . . , The expression ' Spiritual Israel,' a child of this spiritualizing theory of interpretation, is misleading. It is not found in the Bible. There is no ' spiritual Israel,' except as the true and literal Israel becomes spiritual. Not once in Scripture is the word ' Israel ' used as synonymous with the christian church. The word is employed only to denote the lineal seed of Jacob." How plain and beautiful such passages as may be found in Isa. 35 and 55 become when the historic people of God are understiiod to be the subject of its promlseH. " The wlldernt'Hs and the aolltnry places shall be jjlad for them; imd the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose." These are marks of AnKlo- Israel cultivation and civilization. They have made and are making the wiMerness of North America and Australia and New Zealand and all the desolate rt>n\ouH to which they ko, bloom like tlie K'lrden of (}od. ThrouRh arteNian wells and irrigation from mountain streams "the sandy waste Ik changed into u pool, and the thirsty land into springs ot wHtcr." A highway is there on which the " wayfaring man and those unacquainted therewith go not astray; no lion nor ravenous Ijeast goes up thereon." What a plain ard beautiful book the Bible becomes when understood. How ob«,.ure and unintelligent when we are told: " Of course this language in to be taken figuratively, as denoting moral and siiiritual Hcenery." Q. But how can we always tell what is intended to be taken literally and what spiritually ? A. I think it is generally very easy. When God told Abraham, for instance, that his Heed should go down into Egypt and spend 400 years in bondage and afterward sliould be delivered and brought into their own land. It was a promise which demanded a literal accomplishment. Acts 7: 6-7, "And God spake on tK;s wise. That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years. And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth and serve me in this place." So when God promised David that he should never want a man to sit on his throne for ever. He made the same kind of promise and to give it a spiritual interpretation is absurd. 2 Chron. 0:16, "Now therefore, O Lord CJod of Israel, keep with thy servant Dvvid my father that which thou hath promised him saying: There shall not fail jhee a maii in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hath walked before me." Q. But is it not jciierally understood that this covenant with David is fulfllled in Christ who was of David's seed and who sits on his throne as universal governor ? A. Yes, I think that is about the general way of looking at it; but the truth is the subject is regarded by most persons as very obscure and of no great importance at any rate; whereas it is of prime importance as occupying the central position in the Christian system. The psalmist in the pas- sages I have nnoted says plainly that the continued exialence of Dand'8 thron, was together with the sun and moon, to be a vAtneaa of God's existence in heaven. Psalm 89:37. Q. Will you state your objection« to the genprally received opinion ? 6 A. Yes. In the first place David's throne is not in heaven but on earth. When it is said as in Psalm 11:4, The DavtX^r"' '" '" ^!"'^""' •^^'^^^^h's throne is intended, not David 8 throne on which Christ is (as David's seed, vet t^ sit. To distinguish between the throne of Ood and the throne o Christ, which ,8 David's throne, see Rev. 3:21: "To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne even as also overcame and am ^et down with my Father in Hi. hrone." It cannot be denied then, that the occupation of the throne by our Lord is a future event, and according to the scriptures will take place after the general judgment when all things will be made new: Acts 3:21, "Whom tlie heavens must receive until the times of restitution of all things which GoQ hath spoken by the mouth of all his holv prophets since the world began." In the second place admitting the absurd idea that Christ is now occupving tlie' throne of David. Yet there was a period between e captivity and Christ's advent of about 400 years during which the promise that David should not want a man to sit on his throne, failed, for there was no man of David's seed reignine in Jerusalem during that period. _ Q. If these objections are well taken and the literal view of the promises to David is to be received you will be required to prove that the throne of David is still in existence and has always been occupied by a descendant of his, and ttrhLTiL'doT"' ''- ^"^ " ''- --''• ^'^" >- -* «"^ A Not so hard as is generally supposed. In fact there IS evidence so abundant to confirm this belief that if we should reject it we would be obliged to admit that historical evidence is of no value at all. Q. You speak with great confidence and I doubt not vou are sure of your ground; yet I shall certainly watch you closely at every step in your argument. Buc before you go any further I would like to refer to another question bearing on this subject How is it that our Lord, who made so muclt of his right to the throne during his entire ministry did not would doT""" '"'"^'^^'^^^^y «« «« many expected the Messiah A. This is a very important question and I am glad vou asked It, as it will help us greatly farther on to have this well understood. I hardly need refer to the fact that David's throne was established over all Israel. " Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying Behold we are thy bone and thj flesh. Also in time pa!st when feaul was king over us, thou wast ho that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the Lord said to thee, Thou Shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel, feo all the elders of Israel came to the kin" to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the Lord: and they anointed David king over Israel. Dav.d was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years. In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and tliree years over all Israel and Judah." Such being the case his government could not be completely restored until the ten tnbes who revolted from the house of David in Rehoboam'sreign should be united again with the house of Judah. To bring this great thing to pass our Lord established His church and sent her forth on her appointed mission. To ti._i8 restoration of the kingdom to Israel gave all the prophets JiVfu ^u^^' "^" *^°^^ "^^^'^ ^^^ '^o"«e Of Judah Shall walk with the house of Israel and they shall come together out of theland of the North." And again, Hosea 1:11, -Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together and appoint themselves one head." Q. This seems to be clear enough. Will this ruler be our Lord Jesus ? A. No, he will be a decendant of David, who will rule subject to Christ as David did. It cannot be our Lord because Ezekiel tells us that he shall be married and beget children and receive a revenue from the people which it would be bJasphemous to suppose of our risen Lord. Eze. 46-16 " Thus saith the Lord God; If the prince give a gift unto any of his sons, the inheritance thereof shall be his sons'; it shall be their possession by inheritance. Again, Eze. 37:24-26 " \nd David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments and observe my statutes, and do them. And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and theii children's children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever Moreover I will make v. covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore." And besides our Lord, being a child of the resurrection, cannot be supposed to rule over sinful mortals, and furthermore we are told that when we shall see him we shall be like him. Q. Why then do the pre-millennialists say that Christ will reign on earth a thousand years ? A. Because they mistake the millennium for the new heaven and new earth promised at our Lord's coming. Q. What then do you think the millennium is ? A. Clearly the establishment of the kingdom of Israel over the whole world. Tt in nnid tha^ lOofo^ «„ i j j. . that time which plainly means that all idolatrous powers will be in subjection and nothing can be put in the wav of God's servants preaching salvation to all nations of men Q. But there is to be trouble at the end of that period and before the coming o' ..'hrist, is there not ? A. Yes, an infidel apostacy, as Peter plainly shows, 2nd Peter 3:3-4, "Knowing this first that there shall come in the last days scoffers walking after their own lusts and saying where is the promise of His coming." Q. Can it be said that this will be David's throne or government which Ohrist will establish when the restitution of all things shall have been accomplished ? A. Yes, undoubtedly; tor it will be over the whole house of Israel i. e., over all Israel who, as Paul assures us, shall be saved. Of course only through faith in the Messiah, for they are not all Israel who are of Israel; that is to say not all who share the temporal blessings promised to Ephraim shall enter into the spiritual kingdom of the saved iu Christ. The kingdom will endure forever. Isa. 9:7, "Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from hencefortl- even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this. But I presume this is far enough to go in this direction; we will now return and show that God has never suffered this throne to be vacant as he said. Ezek. 21:27, " Thus said the Lord God; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: thii? shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that IS high. I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it; and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him." Question. Does not this passage prove that there was to be a cessation of David's line until the coming of Christ? Answer. No, it only refers to the removal of the roval seed from Jerusalem, as Matthew Henry admits. If any other meamng be given to it we should have Ezekiel in conflict with himself for, as shown above he says that after the return of Judah they will have a prince of the seed roval to reign over them. ' Q. But the Jews never had a man of David's seed to oc- cupy the throne after the captivity, and thev say thev have no such person among them to this day. 'W^here then is the Prince Royal to come from ? A. This is a very important question, and unless it can be shown that God has preserved David's line prophecv would be in great confusion. But God has watched over the house of David and although the throne has been overturned yet it has not been destroyed; and I would have vou observe the repetition of the word overturii in this passage; whv was it three times repeated ? Q. Is not that explained by the Jewish Rabbis who refer 9 to the overthrow of Jehoiakim, Leconiuh, and Zedekiah ? A. They do indeed give thia explanation, but you will only have to think one moment to see how little value is to be placed in their opinion on a subject of this kind. They were themselves involved in the guilt which caused the overthrow of their kingdom, and besides the thing v/as hidden from their eyes. But the contempt which our Lord showed for their teachings is quite sufflrient to turn away the thoughts of Christians from those selfish and envious men. Q. I admit not much value attaches to the opinions of the Rabbis, for they certainly were blind guides; but can you show any better way of understanding the passage ? A. Yes, certainly, and our conversation thus far has but prepared the way for the astonishing thing which our coven- ant-keeping God is now revealing to his believing people. The study of the conquest of Jerusalem reveals two facts. The first is that Zedekiah was taken and blinded, his sons put to death and he with others deported to Babylon. Jeremiah 52:1-11, Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he be- gan to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. For through the anger of the Lord it came to pass in Jerusal- em and Judah, till he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the King of Babylon. And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and built forts against and round about. So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zede- kiah. And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land. Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden; (now the Chaldeans were by the city round about:) and they went by the way of the plain. But ths army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him. Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Ha- math; where he gave judgment upon him. And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: he slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah. Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till day of his death." The second fact is thi»; Jeremiah the prophet fled by di- vine direction at this time into Egypt, taking with him a rem- !0 they obeyed not the voice of fhp T n«r.. fi, ^B>Pt- for to Tahnnnhoa Tu •. ^^^^- **^"8 came they even rrp^r/he^n^^^^^^^^ --; W fled as .?The pf;/'''"A^V' "'« ''""" unearthed and identi- ned as The Palace of the King's Daughters." As Jeremiah was commanded of the Lord to utter prophecies igai^st he kingdom in which he had taken refuge, their stay couW not nly^'lLlTsfTr^ ^""^ ^^^"^ preparing ?or'th:rr1ou' sZ; fi . ' ^""^ "^^^'"^ ^'^^^ g^^at things for thyself ■> seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh eajth the Lord: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prev in all places wh ther thou eoest " R»f«.o a prey in flight from Egypt we mllst^^- backtrtu^; fr;;^; fhe Bpecal commission given to Jeremiah. In Jere i rOod speaks to the prophet saying, "See, I have this daV set t^ee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out and to t'o"plfnr"' Z^T^'^'ll^''' *° throw down,1o''"b^ild:lnd "to root ouf and f '""''n ?'' " * ^°"^'" commission. First down" This oart ori-'"'"" ""''" '^^^''^^ ^"^ *° ^^row nrw'v A , • I P °^ ^'^ mission was surely accomplished Tnd F? f^'''' 1^' carried away and Jerusalem thrown down and Egypt overthrown by the king of Babylon. But what o" he second part of his mission ? The builling and the it n^ when was this accomplished ? We have afready seen that Jeremiah had with him the king's daughters and the «a cred things, undoubter^ly the throne^f Da^'d and the a'rk o'f wher?irt"of " "T""' ^^ '''' °' *^««« in Jere^h 52nd iTg ven ThisTJ^ /??^' '"'*"'' ^^^^ ^>' Nebuzar-adan was God's nurnn-^ ^ ^'"'^^, '^'''' *^" presumption that it fT^m T ^. '^ . '" '*«™o'^ing the throne and seed of David from Jerusalem to plant it in another land. We are not left E^rkiiuhirthr^^^^!.?^^ Stbte lord -"'^''"'^'-'"^ P^""- ^==«^- ^7 = 22-24, "Thus - rn .ne Lord ..^.u; i win ai«o take of the highest branch of '\ I «"T the high cedar, and will set it, I will crop off from the too of h.8 young twigs a tender one, and will plant it u^on an high z::iZTi:T-r'\ •'" *'^ "^""'"'^ °^ *'« height ff fZT. lu ^ '^'- """^ '^ ^^^^^ ''""g fo'-th boughs, and bear fruit and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all fowl therdTeir'"!' h" J!'!,^^"^^- -^ the branches thereof shal the> dwell. And all the trees of the field shall know that I ow tr"e h^:: H -T'' '°"" '"^ ''^*^ ^'•^'^ h-« exaTted th C tofl'ourh r .."^''' ^'■'"" ''''^ ^"^ ''^^^ '"^^^ the dry Who?8 tZS^l I the Lord have spoken and have done it.^ but h « 1 if '"'^f ^"* ^^'^^^^^^ «nd who the tender twig but his daughter, what the mountain of the height of Israel but the power and glory to which that tender twigshould come? ^^. Is there any evidence from the Scriptures where Jeremiah carried his charge from Egypt ? a s^t'of^X^t ^*r^ t^^^P^"'^ on profane history to fill up a gap of a few hundred years here. Q. Howdoyou know that you wiil not be led astray bythis'^ A. Because the future growth and power of this Kingdom so corresponds with the prophesies referring to it that we are certain in our identifications. Q. Is it not dangerous to work from identifications ? «.^ u°' ;,'^ method was insisted on by our Savior in proving his Messiahship, He showed that he fulfiurd the rZt,T7"''*'^r'"'"^'^""'^ have been recognized The rhH« w \r^ ''''' '""'^"^ ^" P^°^»"g that Jesus is the car.?. 1 , .' ^'''"' *^" '^^^' ^^'^ their blindness. Let us be careful lest we are found equally without sight. th- Where is it supposed Jeremiah fled to with the holv things and the King's daughters ? ^ to IrelaId''s!foh T^-/'^'^'"'" '°'" Bupposing that he went to Ireland Such evidence as would establish any ordinary h stoncal belief but so slow are we to believe in Z providence of God that nothing short of a miracle wlH :rthTgrr. ''-' ^-^ ^^^ ^- --'^ ^° '^ -^*^ -- ^ the Seal?:^ mt^s T' ^'^"'^ " ^^ ^^^^^"' ^« ^^ «' nf hf ' vf""^' ^"""h^" <^"e «« would forever close the mouch o blasphemers: but judge for yourself whither it is proven have'sTudier^V'" 'J^"'"^"^- " '' ^"'^^ '^'-^ ^o tho'sewho % have studied this subject that the Island we call Ireland but the dayrorKinrs'f "^""'f "^^ ""'^^ by Israelites L tne days of King Solomon. It is true this term was not exclusively applied to Ireland but to all countries beyond the columns of Hercules. The ships of Tarshish sign^Tng^h ng waterH o?r ""^' constructed for trading In the rough waters of the open ocean. That Kintr Snlnmnn k„^ „ »1. 2l"'"Flr ^h^,f•''T;^'^ ^^«" ^-^ whatls sa[d in""2Ch;on:T 21. For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants 12 briilTnT^olT''' "i ''! ^'"''' ""'" '"""^ '^« «'"P« °^ TarehiHh A?«nthf ^ L ^nd silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks." Also the merchant ships were still trading in that part of the To 9 "st:f ^''^ 'r- '' ^'^"^ ^^^"^ his^vritingsrj:r:LJ^ lu. 9, Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish and gold rom Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of he are alUh' ' 'T''''^ '^"^ '^"'^ ^^'^'^ '« '"^^'^ clothing the^ are all the work of cunr .men." The mention of silver in which Ireland was forme ly very rich is very significanr ' Tv.ro IV u f°" ^^ ^^°'''" ^^^^ ^'■^^^"d ^'«8 settled by an Braehtish colony in Solomon's day, I admit it would go very far to px-oye that God had prepared the way before Jeremiah, but can it be shown to be so ? »f K ^\J^^' '^ ^"''^ evidence as is deemed necessary to prove other things w nch historians rely upon is admitted. From the tncyclop^-edia America, Art. Ireland, we learn that about nlf"p , '^''"^^^"^'"g ^»th the date of Solomon's reign, Ollav Fola organized a parliament at Tara composed of chiefs priests and bards who digested the laws into a record nh n« I ^ : "^ ^^''- ^""^ ^^'^ «'«« ^^""'Jefl schools Of philosophy, astronomy, poetry, medicine and history." lmJ^\t """. ^'' «"f «««or8 conquered the oountrv and obliged the natives of the Island to pav tribute Would it not tax the faith of all to believe that a savage lohn^i °^ "" ,'^'"''^" ''^^"^ "°"'^ suddenly arise, and found schools oi phxlosophy, astronomy, poetry, medicine and history organize his people and subdue the land ? But on the sud- pos.tion that an Israelitish colony settled there, bringing with he.nthe cu ture of King Solomon's time, all becomes plan and reasonable. Schools of science and philosophy resemble strongly the condition of things in Israel in Solomon's reign and he psalter of Tara has a very Davidic sound indeed. This theory explains satisfactorily the early rise of learning in Ireland which has so puzzled historians. The 011am Fola of Irish history now becomes an Israelitish prince whose successor and decendant was reigning at Tara when Jeremiah (some 400 years after the flr3t settlement of the country by Israelites) landed with the King's seed and the "Stone wonderful" and other sacrea things. The welcome he received, the subsequent marriage of Zedekiah's daughter to this chieftain, the founding of the schools of the prophets rsee American cyclopaedia, Art. Brehan Laws), the right of heredity established in this family, and other facts, are all easy to udderstand from this point of view. Q. This I admit looks very reasonable, but it is net what I would call positive evidence. r»..t' ^*'«"°'^ given as such, but all historians admit the most probable theory to be true, where authentic history has failed to account for known facts. Q. You have spoken of the north of Ireland as the seat 13 of this colony. Is it not true that the south of the Island was also inhabited ? A. Yes, and the presence of two distinct races in Ireland is further evidence that the Island was peopled by colonies from other lands. The south of Ireland was settled by descendants of the ancient Philistians who inhabited the sea coast in the reigns of David and Solomon. This accounts for the fact that the north and south inhabitants have never mixed. It was told God's people very early in the settlement of Canaan that the people they failed to axterminate should remain as thorns in their sides The fact that what is known now as the Irish question has to do with these same inhabitants of the southern part of the Island, is evidence that the old animosity has continued. All England's trouble in Ireland has arisen among these people. Those who have traveled in Ireland tell us that one need not be told which race of people dwell in the towns through which they pass as the difference is so marked. They were always rebellious, treacherous and fond of idolatry. Popery gained an easy victory over them and easily holds them in superstition. Q. All this is very reasonable and I admit the best theory I ever heard to account for well-known facts in Irish history, but I would like to hear now of the landing of Jeremiah and his party in the Island. Is there anything to show that such a thing ever took place ? A. Yes, tnere is a pood deal of evidence, and when we come to talk of the " Stone Wonderful," we come out into daylight immediately. Ancient Irish history bears undoubted testimony to the landing of the prophet with the King's seed and the stone of destiny. Rev. F. R. A. Glover, of England, says: " It is an undeniable historical fact that about 580 B. C. i. €., the very time of the Babylonish captivity, a princess from the East did arrive in the north of Ireland. Her name was Tephi a purely Hebrew word, a proof in itself that she must have had an eastern extraction and she was accompani- ed by a guardian known as 011am Fola, another Hebrew word showing eastern origin and which means a rervealer, which is the same as a prophet. This Prophet was accompanied also by one Brug, no doubt Baruch; because Jeremiah and Baruch were undoubtedly together Jere. 43: 6, From this time many new things were introduced into that part of Ireland of a clear Hebrew origin, thus the name of the place Lothair Groflnn, was changed to Tara (Taura) a Hebrew word signifying " The law of the Two Tables." The mar-olkimain was established Hebrew for the college of Ollam's or school of the Prophets. The lodhan Moran was created, also Hebrew for " Chief Justice." The King of Ireland then reigning, one Eocitaid, we are informed by historical record, married this Tephi by consent u and worship the Goc of h« h k J'-^P^^d into Baalism ) conditio„H/ThekinlflLnrH .!'''"' '"''^ '"^"' '^^^ the two tables the ten rnnZ . *^"" ''"• ^^"'^ ^^c . ..v of law of the land ?rom that imir'' T' '^^''^^^^^ "« ^^e things havin/leTHeh'!^? ^ ''*'°'* ''^■«^«'» "^ "«w same time "fheTery time of't'hlVr'^r""' '' ''^'^ ^' '"^^ taking these in corecTon .ifh f "'^'^"■«»> "^P'^vity, and the East," the veritable " king's dan^hterM' ^'"''^'^ ''''''' from her we nhfa,., » ^- . *, aanghter," was marr ed and VioLia. wTare to,din"T"'H''l'°""' *° ^^'^ "^^^^^^^ remained faiWif ul to H« 1 . ^''^^^'^ **^«* ^^is Prince his beauti u iQaeen whrhr''' '^''!.' ^''^P^^* *"^ ''^^ ^o died and was trd It TeraT," '^^ ?' '""^ «"^^'^« ^"^ ancient bards Tthe folTowi'n. T ° "" *"^ Bungbythe Irish and now 2400 years Old ^ ''°^'' ''^"«'«^«^ ^'•-" ^^^ " Wril.IJ'^i her name she excelled all vireins Si^v f^«tH is his nan.e If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the nation h!? ' "!' °' '"^^^ "^'^^ «^"" «^«- frork befng a nation before me for ever. Thus saith the Lord; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations o the earth for all that they have done saith the Lord. The verv 15.4-5, "And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son o Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerus^a em For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem'' or who sha^l' Isa. 42.4 The Isles shall wait for his law." Jere. 31 10 " Hear the word of the Lord, O ye nations, and declare tin Ae isles afar o^, he that scattered Israel will gather him sa 59" 1 tn'h « T° ^"^ '^ '"'"'' ''''^'' «^«°rdingly he will repa^, fury to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies; to the fs lanSs he wil repay recompense. So shall they fear 'the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun When the enemy shall come in like a flood the Soirit nf^hi Lord shall lift up a standard againsthim.'' Jere. 3^1 "They Bhal come together out of the land of the North " The den tity is clear. They were to be a nation inhabiting islands to the nor'h and west of Palestine. As there are no isirnds so situated but the British Isles, it is clear those were ind iated ano«nH '?''*'• • ''^- '''^ ""'"« ^y ^'hi-h the Islands were anciently known is mentioned in scripture in such a way as to can attention to well known events of English histoT I 18 called the land of the co..n„„^ and the people are called the covenant people. Isa. 43:6, " I the Lord have caUed hee Jn righteousness and will hold thine hand, and wiH keep thee ;\"l^";?^!.'.!^/:f-l^- ^ "^^t of 'the Oentiles.-' A^d again. Jsa. 49:8, '-^I vvill preserve thee and give thee to 17 Britham, to OBtablish the earth, to cause to inherit the rJeso- late heritages." The word Britham is translated covenant in these pasHnKes. Professor Young, of Acadia College, writes in a note to me: "In preparing for this morning's class in English, I find that Britain is an old Pha-nician word Baratanlc,' which means country of tin. This word was contracted to ' Bratan.' Aristotle , B. C. m , called the Island Brittanle., The original inhabitants were driven west by the Haxons who called them ' Wealhas,' the plural of ' Wealh . which means foreign, hence IVehli. Some went to a ' Horn'' of hills, called therefore 'Corn-wall,' which means Foreign Horn." The truth, as it would appear is this: The word is not Phoenician but Hebrew. The ancient Welsh no doubt settled in Britain early in Hebrew history, probably in Solomon's reign, and were doubtk'ss Israelites. Dr Howlett of Philadelphia, in his admirable work on this subject thus traces the Welsh to their home in Palestine: «f ''.The Celts constitute another important link in our chain of evidence. They reached the British Isles a few centur^en later than the Tuatha Danaans. They called IhSselvrB Cymry.Kinryj and named the region in which thevsettK Cambria which signifies the country of the CymbriS Thev came from the Crimea which still bears thiir name" Thev were called by the Greeks, Kimmerioi, and bvthS^ Romans heCimbri. . . .Two thousand five hundred years Jgo their name was written on the Assyrian monuments as the ^"^ Rawlinson indentifled the Gimiri of the Assyrians with the Kimmerii of the Greeks. He says: 'Thev first appealed as a substantive people under Esarhaddon.' Thi king ?eiirn|d during the first half of the seventh century before Chrint The tribes of Israel were carried In Assyrian capt ?[ty in the waning years of the eighfch century, B. C. Is tVere Iny link in history or any inscription connecting the Gimiri of the Assyrians with the Israel of Palestine ? On an obel sk found bytayard nowinthe British museum the name S«S is used as a designation of Jehu, the king of Israel It s thuH translated: 'The tribe of Jehu, the son of Kumri silver- gold bowls, vessels, goblets and pitchers of gold wfth sceptres for the kng's hand.. All the^e I have refeivedT ■ ." . l^elsmSftes ''''"'"''"'' ^'■*''^'' ^° ^^^'' ancestors So the Phoenicians settled in the south of Ireland about the same time and have since remained a distinct race. That the Saxons who landed long afterward by the overland route through Europe did not know them to be their brethren and so pushed them west, is not at all 4th. The boundaries of all nations were set accord- ing to the number of the children of Israel, who as they increased should push the nations to the ends of the earth; Deut. 32:8, "When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of rhe people accordin" to the number of the children of Israel. " Deut. 33:17, " His^lory is like the firstling o' his bullock, and his horn's are like the 18 for.,:; tzz^'^^i ;;r' ';h -'"' """^' ^^« '--"« thouBundH Of Ephram and Zl ""' !'"•' "« "'^ ^«» hHB b«<,o,ne the e„;rof a, nni oL Th^^ Rn' /'' ''"'''"'•"•" vernad«., .pea.. .^„ th.:w:;^x«i'^„v:r::e.r """' world wIEsl; her oKi.JS.'iur.r""';,"'''^'"' ^^« -^-'•' fhe continents. Her emSr ?« Htrona«r "* ?" '•♦'r"'"^^'' "' «" ' Hlition of other Htates Hhe i^°''l*.f/"^ v«»t«'- than anv tutrrpowersandher ncreaH fiTHtrpni^^^^^ '"''"«^"« ^^ «I» balance of power N„v«r?hl? *^^'' '" ''''^^'■"ctive of the aI.I^8hel«8STra8piS^?^,?mi'rl"v"'^.r^'"''^ «"^ «"«*"- seized Fi.?i: the dav l».fnr« i . ^^r'^'^''^' Y««terday she to-day 8hf inured ^nulvaal to Z^ '^« piamond rfeid"! Egypt. It iH only too "lar that Jho^kT' "^^ ^'." ^'"t'^'^ ^^ Kreat to be c-ompatible with ff.a ^^^\ °' "'"'ta'n is too the aggresHive em^ . i^«f s^^Jilfv'llh'""'., ''^^'% «"^ ^''^^ a un.vernal domi„f,n over "l Koplel^o^he'eart"'" '"'"•^''"^ too zzt ;;:i:" ;^:t,^^^' ^: ^r tzr.' ^-"^^ ^^ ^-^ «halt have, after thou hast lost "tlH. .^K u r^' ''*""'' *^°" thine ears/The place" i^tj^rairt' ''^i "p^LeTo"'" that I may dwell." These are bi.t ,' . f,^ "" laentitle, which m,,-,,. be ,l.°e" .^ prov '.Lt A .L's"""'' are the ■«-«». o^H^e.v. but tCmV.'ltlst '"' How^^wou. th. V.W „, pr4'h:;T.:cT'.ie""'hr:rai";L'e th. tctT,t,cir t's:£"tti°:et if:::''' -j " e^r'^'thrr""™'?-: " ""' ^» »'.»■•'• '"i-rcr lice any of the far-reaching results of this truth «.« ask the question because of the newness of th« .k and their want of knowledge «« "^ "^'^"^"^ ^^'f the theory Apostle Paul was not indifferent to th^y. T. ® ^°?=rt;::^-c.T^~Pr'^-'- =s:,::-r;r t^c I" 5S=? Of E„g,a„a, wm ,e,;„w ,h, .cce'ptll'or'ibe'rSe"'"'- Bt. It wi]l supply the grandest evidence to the ™th ,, Ood', word ever yet given. 2nd Pe. - i 19 It . t known thnt fUp «nfr!a1 U-~ i , " '^ ^^*-'' '"^'^'^^ K^'"^^ l^a^ed ...a disbelief of the 4 o 10 niblP on tho unfuinilod proplioHioH of Horiptnro. Fnith on tho othor Imiid h.iH hclicvod and waluxl; 'mt wo nood wnit no loiiK«!r, for llio pruplictH nv^^ fulllllnd hoforo our eycH. 2nd. "Ti .vUl He(!uro the reHtorut-ion of tho Jovvh." Iho. 11: 12, "Ai 1 '. ihiiil But up «n onHijcn for the nath)nH, and Hhnll aHHomoUf the outcastB of iHrael, und Ratlior togothor tho dispoFHed of Judah from the four «. ornorH of tho earth." Study thiHaa wo will, tho Jew^' can n<'-'er ro to llielr land until Palestine boromoH a Pi ,iHh province; in wliich c^aHo iHnioJ ,ind Judah would boconie one and the kinRdom ono ftnoordhiK to the prophotH. 3rd Thin would remove the veil at present upc-n all nation.-,. 4th It will load to the Hpeedy conversion of many nationalitioH to ChriHt. r,th ft will reNtoiv the kinRdon. to iHruel and prepare luc way for tho Hoeond oomiuK of ChriHt. It may yet Heem Htran^'o that nil thiBBhouId have been done so Hecretly but if wo 8 udy the Hubject it will appear that it could not have been oti rwiso ac«M>niplish«'«l and be in harmony with iuHpired truth. N. hinR more Ih Involved in the exprcHHion " Lost Tril)eH ' than hln: They diHappcir from liisiory and aecom|)liHh th miHNion unobHorved i)y tlic nations of their tini. Thi.- vould be clearly an impoHHibility now, but 7oO years B. C, i. .nx (piito OHHy. The idea tliat they were actually U.hi is .ibsurfi i>in)ii t few momcnt'H though*. These people wore (Jod's penp • anu equally sharerH in the* covenant promiHcs with the ■Judah. Tlie Huppnsiti. n therefore that (Jod Hhoul.l , tliem wliile miraculousl, prencrving Judali for I.SOO y not to be admitted. BeHides these ten tribes wore in rosponsible for tlie mn lor of the Prince of Life-, crime brouRht a long pui; shment upon the house of .1. Wo sliould naturally conclude therefore that the hoiw^ Israel is somewhere enjoyinK the national prosperity mi.Hcd to the descendants <,. Joseph; and .ils- . since his the (Inublp portion we should expect to find that house cii inp the blessings of faitli intr c Redeemer of Israel. Butth- reasonable and scriptural ex .ectations cannot bo realized n any other nation than our ow i. We are therefore the "Houho of Israel." When the historv of Joseph is read as a type of the fortunes of his seed, wh.-i light is shed upon that beauti- ful history. It appears to m, that upon the 8Ui)position of the typical design of the stoi • of Joseph in Egypt can we alone justify the space which t devoted to it in the Bible Joseph is as a type of his peoph 1st— Lost. 2nd-PerRecuted in tho land of strangers, .''.rd-l ses to great power and glory, 4th-l8 while in the exercise of lis power and wealth made known to his brethren who wil scarcely believe tho testi- mony of their senses. ,'5th-After making himself knofvn there is a time of weeping and r>^joicing. fith— Tlion Joseph sh.are.R tlie l.ind with his brethren. Lot uli who read fancy as best they may what effect it will hav.^ on the house of Judah •> of iton is »ay lich d). of • 20 ifv S' f J^t"'' *''? ''''" "'^Je^'tions to the idea of the perpetu- ity of the Kingdom of Lsrael which I sliould Iilr« fV. . truth. As to the hr.t enquiry, which relates to customs and language, ,t will be enough to reply that these peoprcou not have retained their customs in their original purWv because he. sacred books were left behind t'hem in t^^e w L if .'■ ^""^ ^^''^'' ^^'y ^^'^ addicted to idolatry while 111 Palestine, for which sin tVi«,r ..,« luuj.nry IhitlnnH Th«r.o/ v, ^ ^^^^ removed out of that land. There is, however, a striking resemblance between vea " "TtoX """"'T; -'^-'^''^terinvestigationr:- v^ZZ . difference of language this should be of no weight, because we know that the house of Judah who retain the books of the law and the prophets written iirHebrr nevertheless speak the language of the countries where tS reside. It is a remarkable thing, however, that tL Hebrew of'that r M "^ 'T' ^"""^ ^°"^"«- ^'^- - the testimony of that most learned and pious man, William Tyndal the firs^ translator of our English Bible from the Hebrew- ' The .;reek agreeth more with the English than with the Latyn and the properties of the Hebrew tongue agreeth a thousand times more with the English than with the Latyne '' Tl is tion from the Banner of iBrae" '^^'" '' ''^ "" ^"^t^" ^um;pi;'zil:^^: -yix,"^;:^;;^^:,^if "^y^;;^ -^^-e- '^^/^--t the possi. iH- .JjnviHl,, after the return fro // (luV^i^wY"/' V ', "^ 'o t,,ne minsle.l with •nnl.ly. and withal of a heuutifn co nten u/ee V'h^ J^'^^"' »""^ Ivslher was -fair and beautiful" l7ol„^u, Hm, V^ 'l.'P.cto. our Lord with a clear live te, s^ V, '„ " '""' "^ '"'^ I'ic'tures, hiiir. When asked why he had ot live , Hin, . t ' "J"'^, '•'y'?**. 'Uid auhurr o have replied, ' that 'fter careful s mHv ,, /"^vish features,' he is said I..' believed that the type of tc^, tion tlwM.n^ '*'"';'**',"'' *" ""' country Klo-Saxon than any other, cxcVpt U t |.' ^^,■1,?^ ''';'■' "«'!'*'• to the A n- uiave a n.ore olive-tint to tlR. complexion ' '''■"""^' """"ate of Palestine Mhe.i;;^„/[^:!';^^;;t^;Vi;'iX<;^;::;;'i;!^,l^?y'?'r')«. -■]^^^ asserts that nose of delicate foi m, a.ul nVa rlv st n ,'VA ,, S'' '"*"' '^'"' '''"'■ "-'.ves, with a thren of Kurope; aini t e c Pd mm. , ,*?, i' "'"'r "■''' ''"'''' ""like their bre- ;vlnl.. con, pL.x'ioM of Vlun, pe;. f ' ' e^t^fa;.','''.,'.'^"; '"'n'.'"^ """' '^"" that strikes us as the oeculiiritv .f urJ . "y'V '"* ^"" '"i^e the arije no'ii. f.alui.. was alwavs n ell'u-aele-i-V-^i '''•'" .■•'*"»'lit''«- This promi. ...,t 1. 3 . _ . -iia-t It . .„, K .., the ayrians, I). ■ niodern .Jews of JuVl Kuatje haft iiotliinK to say a'lrainst us I pi'rs that onr story, sf "*"'.'"**' '»••<• ' 1-' So then, if History he iioi, ot til e ancient on onr side, the L rantje thouKli it be,' is t hysioKUoniy is alsodunih an- or Wilis- selares '(] the joy in Lord •petu- e an- s; the at us, tho s and could urity 1 the latry lit of veeu i will if no (tain rew, they irew lony first Tho ne; and Phis the iwn Mth ita- SSI- oiir liilp IS a I ml •ith ivas 111.' ■cs, ll'll iiid ''.V, kii- iiir lat lin re- nd YARMOUTH LIGHT PRIK' \ \