bears all his troubles with the calmness of faith. The materials we have for a history of Jeremiah are to be found in the book bearing his name, with side-lights from the historical books,* and the contemporary prophets. The chapters are not arranged in chronological order, but a proximate arrangement of them is not a very hard task. We shall see this as we proceed. Meanwhile the following points may be noted:—Jeremiah,* in the fourth year of Jehoiakim dictated to Baruch his prophecies up to that