Sentences and Texts of Scripture 143 



pared ; and, being furnished with a border of leaves, 

 according to taste or fancy, may be then hung up in 

 the position it is required to occupy. 



Glazed lining makes a very effective background 

 for letters. 



Light letters upon a dark ground are more easily 

 read at a distance. 



Colours had anciently a symbolical meaning. White 

 signified purity; yellow, wisdom; violet, mourning 

 or penitential sorrow; green, blue, and red were 

 respectively the emblems of faith, hope, and charity. 

 Blue, purple, scarlet, and white or fine linen, are 

 the colours with which the veils of the Tabernacle 

 were interwoven. 



Josephus informs us that the Jews gave to the 

 veils an astronomical signification, and supposed 

 them to represent the four elements. 



Fine white linen was a symbol of the earth, because 

 it was made out of flax, a production of the earth; 

 the blue, as the colour of the sky, was a symbol of 



