of
his building and the objects of his planting. These they well knew could
not be found in Palestine, and they were as loath as many are unwilling
to-day to permit Jeremiah to leave his own land. A man who would be
equal to the Bible must be large-hearted, generous, and free, not
fettered and bound by the errors of youthful training, the selfishness of
sectarianism, the bigotry of orthodoxy, or the indifference of
infidelity, but seek the truth, no matter from whence, or what it upsets
or overturns of preconceived ideas. The command is, "Prove all things,
and hold fast that which is good." To hear some people talk and lament,
you would think that the command was, Prove nothing, but hold hard on to
what you have got.

Try now, and reasonably and patiently follow me while I trace the
wanderings of Jeremiah to Old Ireland. You will be surprised to find how
intimate Irishology and theology are.

Ireland and the Tribe of Dan have a peculiar history, which history only
can be made plain by reference to the Bible. Ireland has had much to
undergo, yet of it God says, "To the islands He will repay recompense: so
shall they fear the name of the Lord from the West."

Ireland's first name was Scuite's Land, or the Island of the Wanderers.
Her second name was Scotia Major, and Scotland was Scotia Minor, and
England was Tarshish, and Dannoii and Baratamac, or Land of Tin. Yar in
Eirin means the land of the setting sun. Hibernia is an Hebrew word, and
means from beyond the river of waters.

Two colonies settled in Ireland; the first, the Phoenicians, who were the
Philistines or ancient Canaanites; the second settlers were the Tuath de
Danan, meaning the Tribe of Dan. The words are Hebrew, yet in Irish.
For further information let any one read "Pinnock's Catechism on
Ireland." The Phoenicians were a sea-faring people; pressed by Israel,
Egypt, and Assyria, they finally left Canaan, and settled in Ireland. We
find nine-tenths of Irish historians agreeing on this. Then the
monuments teach the same--ancient inscriptions, one of which written was,
"We are Canaanites who have fled from Joshua, the son of Nun, the
robber." The people who show tourists the seven churches of
Glendenlough, say they are Hittites and Hivites. Again, ruins of Baal
temples, Cromlechs, round towers, go to confirm the same. Customs--Baal
fires, on May eve, in Irish Ninna-baal-tinne; funeral wakes, or cup of
consolation, forbidden to Israel when th