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test of a long time are to be most appreciated.
Judging from these and from all that I have yet
seen, I am positively persuaded that no prophet
has arisen for a thousand years who has been al¬
lowed to understand the day of judgement, the
time, manner, duration and circumstances thereof
and hence all who have written concerning it have
been in error, and therefore it requires a mind
gifted with the most acute sagacity and penetra¬
tion, even bordering on inspiration to form a cor¬
rect judgment as to what portion of the prophecies
may, or may not be hereafter actually fulfilled.
Since it cannot be expected that I could furnish
anything like a comprehensive outline of the con¬
tents of the French, Italian and other Continent
prophecies, I shall content myself in the present
instance with referring to a most important lead¬
ing feature which pervades many of them, and
that is the appearance before the day of judgment
of a very extraordinary character who is to be the
means of bringing about the overthrow of God's
enemies. This remarkable personage is also re¬
ferred to by the early fathers of the Church, some¬
of whom style him Elias, others the great prophet,
who is to make his appearance before the end of
the world. St. Remigius who wrote in the fifth
century calls him a French monarch who is to
overthrow the kingdoms of the world and submit
them to his authority. St. Bridget of Sweeden
says he will appear in 1886. St Francis Di Paola
who wrote about four hundred years ago, says
that he is to be a very poor man of the blood of
Constantine and St. Helena and of the seed of
King Pepin; and that he is to have established an
order of Crusaders before the end of 1888. It is
stated in a certain old prophecy of a Franciscian
Capuchin Friar that this remarkable forthcoming
personage shall be of the Carlovingian race, by all
considered extinct, that he will receive from the
pope the crown of imperial sovereignty, and by
means of a great army subvert the Turkish Empire,
subdue Heresy and overthrow the emporer of the
North, who is called Mystic Antichrist. It appears
by the foregoing passage that the Carlovingian
race is considered by all as extinct, but in Abbe Mc¬
Geoghegans history of Ireland, there is a statement
to the contrary, wherein it is affirmed that the
Roches of Ireland, of Norman descent and ancient¬
y denominated De La Rupes, are, through a long
line of kings, princes and nobles descended from
Charlemagne. There are many hundreds, perhaps
thousands of Irishmen both at home and in exile,
and the present writer is one of them, through
whose veins the blood of that pious and renewed
emporer either paternally or maternelly flows.
Some of the Continental prophets speak of the
coming man as of Vorman descent, and a meek hu¬
mble friend of God capable of reading the future
beyond all men; and that his elevation to imperial
power will be suggested by the voice of an invisi¬
ble being. Merlin Joachim who flourished about
the middle of the twelfth century mentions him in
connection with a great pope who is to unite the
Greek and Catholic Churches. Bartholomew Holz¬
hauser a learned commentator on the Apocalypse,
and who was born in the year 1613, calls him a
great emperor, and mentions him in connection
with the great pope whom he styles Papa Angel¬
icus. This powerful monarch after having passed
through many tribulations and after having sub¬
dued all his enemies will help to carry to a happy
conclusion the last and most general council of the
Church. Of the afore-mentioned obscure, but
destined to become renowned "parvenu", there is
nothing said in the Irish prophecies, except that
Mac Curtin styles him Srollach Suilt, or mirth¬
ful savant, while Damhnall Cam refers to him as a
small shoot of a wood that has been dwindling
down to a worthless shrubbery, and one who is des¬
tined to hurl despots from their usurped dignities.
But finally those who wish to attain to more know¬
ledge on the foregoing subject and upon all mat¬
ters connected with modern prophecies had better
consult that very curious, erudite and comprehen¬
sive volume, The Christian Trumpet:
In conclusion,
Believe me, Yours most patriotically
GÆL GLAS.
IRISH NAMES in S. CAROLINA and
GEORGIA.
Written for the Gael by Denis O'Keefe of
Fort Mead Fla.
It is a common saying among learned Irishmen
that when an Irishman renonuces his religion and
the language of ancient Irelend, on that moment
he loses his nationality. Well, this is certainly
very true and I can bear witness to the very fact.
In 1879 & 80, in my tours through the states of
S. Carolina and Georgia, from Rome to Savannah.
Here and there I met with numerous families of
the real old Celtic names of Neills, Kennedys,
Brians, Logan, Fords, Keefe — which I know very
well was once called O'Keefe — Clanceys, Hines,
Braddons, McClures, McCurtins, McNulls, Mc¬
Hughs, McDonalds, McKnights, Dermots, Conors,
Cunninghams, McKillins, Wises, Lenairs (which I
know from Irish History to be Lenchans or O'¬
Lenehans). Then the great family of Harry I
met with nearly in every county in East middle
Georgia. Now, I can prove from the great Nat¬
ional records of Ireland that the great family of
Harry was anciently O'Hart, Anglicised and now
changed to Harry. The Harrey family is one of
the best families in the State of Georgia. Mr.
James P. Harry of Moulden Branch Bryan county,
Ga., is a worthy representative of this great family.
He is a true gentleman in every way you can take
him. I stopt a few weeks in his house in March
1879. He is a particular friend of mine. Then
there are a host of other Irish and Celtic names
