IT is impossible to suppose that Jacob's Stone can be actually lost, because it must exist as a signet ring to the Almighty, i.e., as a seal of witness that the promises He made to Israel through Jacob should be verified; therefore, wherever Israel may be at the present time, they must have this Stone in their possession. Jacob was out late at night, too late to enter the city of Luz, the gates of the city, like our Temple Bar, and other gates found in nearly every town, being shut. He had to stay outside, took a stone, laid his head upon it, and slept. God met him here, told him about the future of his seed, that they should be ejected from the land, become for numbers "as the dust of the earth; should "spread abroad," or beget Colonies, in "the west," "the east," "the north," and " the south;" and that while occupying these positions, in his seed should "all the families of the earth be blessed;" a clear proof that this could not apply to the Jews, because, though they are dispersed everywhere, they are not known to be the means of blessing to the Gentiles, neither are they as "the dust" for multitude, but the reverse in each case (Jer. xi. 12; xv. 7). It can only refer to Israel, the ten tribes, God telling Jacob that after his seed' had gone through this work, they should be brought back to their land again, saying through him of Israel, "Behold I' am with thee; and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee AGAIN INTO THIS LAND ; for I will not leave thee until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of" (Gen. xxviii. 15), and the stone was afterwards converted into, a pillar of witness, that the pledges God had given should all, be fulfilled; therefore, as Israel have not yet returned -as the work has not yet been accomplished-and as the stone is to be a seal of witness when all has been completed it follows that the stone must be in existence, otherwise it could not give its witness. This stone was known to be in the Temple at the time of the Babylonish Captivity; it was "The Eben Schethia," or, Chief Corner Stone of the Temple in the sense of testifying to the presence of Jehovah. Jeremiah the Prophet knew its value. He was a royal high priest - -must have valued every article he knew his Lord to be interested in-he did not go to Babylon-he was allowed to do as he pleased-enjoyed free access to the Temple-and was afforded ample time to secure everything in his judgment that was required to be preserved. Hence it is most reasonable to suppose that he secured the stone when he had ample means to do so.

THE IDENTITY is really an important one. Wee have a stone r which, long before our identity with Israel was thought of, has been known for- years and years as " Jacob's Stone." It is an object of interest to thousands who visit -Westminster 'Abbey, as seen under the Seat of the Coronation Chair, the Chief Seat of the Empire, and ever since its introduction to this country it, has been used in the Coronation Services, our queen being the last who was crowned upon it. Its history is historical, giving us another of the very many historical proofs we possess in support of our identity. It was taken to Ireland by Jeremiah and Baruch at the time that they took Tephi there, and 're-planted the kingdom of. David. It, was received into Ireland under the name of the " Lia Phail," signifying a " pre. cious stone;" or, as the word " Phail," which is Hebrew, implies, " The Stone Wonderful." Tephi herself; who became the Queen of Eochaid, was crowned upon it; so were all the monarchs to Fergus the First of Scotland, who had the stone taken there, and so were all the monarchs from Fergus to James the First, and from. James the First to Victoria ; and should there ever be another coronation with us, this " wonderful " stone will inevitably be used. Dean Stanley, who may be accepted as an authority upon this point, says of the stone in his " Memorials of Westminster Abbey," " The chief object of attraction, to this day, to the innumerable visitors of the Abbey is, probably, that ancient Irish monument of the Empire, known as the Coronation. Stone."-p. 66. So that, as Israel must have with them a precious stone, it is interesting to know that we have such a stone; hence an identity.

Some of the Irish have said that the original stone brought by the prophet is still there; and Dr. Petrie points to a stone now in Ireland as being the one, which is nonsense, because the stone so shown is fourteen tons in weight. too heavy for the ships of those days. Moreover, the ship bringing it from the east was disabled on the coast of Spain. The King of Spain, hearing it was a ship of "goodly store," seized the stone ; whereupon, when the ship was properly caulked, two men (Jeremiah and Baruch) regained the stone, made off with it to the ship, and escaped. Had it been this fourteen-ton stone, two men could not have done it, by any means of transit in those days. Its shape, weight, and isible use are entirely against Dr. Petrie's theory, his stone being a stone of Baal, which "the law of the two tables" was to displace.

We must again refer the reader to the Rev. Mr. Glover's articles upon "Jacob's Stone," found in the early numbers of Life from the Dead, for the historical authorities and Hebrew proofs of this most interesting question.

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