80 B.C. there appeared before
this people a strange man, whom the historians call _Ollam-Folla_, which
means a divine teacher; the name or title is in Hebrew. This man,
whoever he was, soon wielded great power in their midst. What he
commanded they seemed ready to do. He very soon inaugurated wonderful
reforms. He gave them a parliament, made them give up their idolatrous
customs. He founded a college to train students to teach and preach his
religion. It was called _Mur-Ollam_, school of the Divine. Here again
the name is Hebrew, although in Irish. This wonderful man had with him a
fair young princess, whose name in Hebrew-Irish was _Tea Tephi_, which
means the beautiful one from the East. This lovely princess was married
to the governor of Ulster, Heremon. He resided in the City of Lothair
Croffin. In the agreement of the marriage, among many things, he was to
accept her religion, give her joint authority, and build the Mur-Ollam,
or college, and sustain it. Also to change the name of his city from
_Lothair Croffin_ to _Tara_, which means law; to adopt her standard or
banner emblem, the harp and lion, and to be crowned on the wonderful
stone called in Irish-Hebrew, _Lia-Fail_, which means stone of destiny,
sometimes called _Eben Gedoulah_, the precious stone. From this Tea
Tephi we get our female goddess of liberty, who on old coins is seated
upon a lion with the Davidian harp in her hand.

Our text tells us that Jeremiah was to plant and build up. Here he
planted, and here he did build. He planted and built a throne, a
college, and a religion. Turn to Ezekiel, chapter xvi., and read the
famous riddle. Tea Tephi is the tender twig that was cropped off from
the high cedar, King Zedekiah, and planted among the merchants by great
waters on the mountain of Israel. She was the tender one that was to
take root downward. To Jeremiah, the Lord said, "Verily it shall be well
with thy remnant." Nay, more, He told him that He would give him his
life for a prey whithersoever he went. And in 2 Kings xix. 30, we read:
"And the remnant that is escaped of the House of Judah shall yet again
take root downward, and bear fruit upward. For out of Jerusalem shall go
forth a remnant and they that escape out of Mount Zion; the zeal of the
Lord of hosts shall do this." And Ezekiel, in his captivity, sent forth
a prophecy referring to the wicked prince, Zedekiah, saying of his throne
in the name of Jehovah: "I will overt