Ezra vi, 1. Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon. Job viii, 8--10. For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers: (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:) Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart? Isa. xxiii, 13. Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin. towers Eccles. i, 9-11. The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done, is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us. There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after. Eccles. iii, 15. That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past. Eccles vii, 10. Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this. HERALDRY. cou Num. 1, 17, 18. And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their names: And assembled all the they gregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls. 1 Chron. v, 17. All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel. Ezra ii, 59, 60. And these were they which went up from Telmelah, Tel-harsa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but they could not shew their father's house, and their seed, whether they were of Israel: The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two. Neh. vii, 5, 61-63. And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy: and I found a register of the genealogy of them which came up at the first, and found written therein. And these were they which went up also from Tel-melab, Tel-haresha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer; but they could not shew their father's house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel. The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two. And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai, which took one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name. Neh. xii, 22, 23. The Levites, in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were recorded chief of the fathers; also the priests, to the reign of Darius the Persian. The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were written in the book of the Chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib. Jer. xxxiv, 19. The princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, which passed between the parts of the calf. MUSIC. VOCAL MUSIC. 1 Sam. xviii, 7. And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands. 1 Chron. XV, 22. And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilful. 1 Chron. xxv, 7. So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the LORD, even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight. Neh. xi, 23. For it was the king's commandment concerning them, that a certain portion should be for the singers, due for every day. Neh. xii, 28, 29, 42, 43, 45, 46. And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi; Also from the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmayeth: for the singers had builded them villages round about Jerusalem. And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer: and the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer. Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and reJoiced; for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced; so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off. And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son. For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God. Ps. lxxxi, 1. Sing aloud unto God our strength; make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. Ps. xcviii, 4. Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, aud sing praise. 1 Cor. xiv, 15. What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also. INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC. Gen. iv, 21. And his brother's name was Jubal: he Was the father of all such as handle the ' harp and organ. Gen xxxi, 27. Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me, and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp? 2 Sam. vi, 5. And David, and all the house of Israel, played before the LORD on all manner of instruments made of fir-wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals. 1 Chron. xiii, 8. And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets. 1 Chron. xv, 19-21. So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were appointed to sound withcymbals of brass; And Zechariah, and Aziel,andShemiramoth,and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth; And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Jeiel, and Obed-edom, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel. all this continued until the burnt- song unto thee, O God: upon 1 1 Chron. xvi, 5, 6, 42. Asaph the chief, and next to him, Zechariah, Jetel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, builders laid the foundation of the Ezra iii, 10, 11. And when the and Benaiah, and Obed-edom; and temple of the LORD, they set the Jeiel with psalteries and with priests in their apparel with trum- the sound of the trumpet: prais Ps. cl. 3-5. Praise him wit harps: but Asaph made a sound pets, and the Levites, the sons of him with the psaltery and har with cymbals; Benaiah also and Asaph, with cymbals, to praise Praise him with the timbrel azi Jahaziel the priests with trumpets the LORD, after the ordinance of dance: praise him with stringed continually before the ark of the David king of Israel. And they instruments and organs. Prase covenant of God. And with them sang together by course, in prais-him upon the loud cymbals: praise Heman and Jeduthun, with trum-ing and giving thanks unto the pets and cymbals, for those that LORD; because he is good, for his upon the high-sounding should make a sound, and with mercy endureth for ever toward musical instruments of God. And Israel. And all the people shouted the sons of Jeduthun were with a great shout, when they porters. praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid. 1 Chron. xxv, 5, 6. All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king's order to Asaph, Jeduthun and Heman. 2 Chron. v, 11, 12. And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place; (for all the priests that were present were sanctifled, and did not then walt by course: Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals, and psalteries, and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets.) 2 Chron. vii. 6. And the priests waited on their offices; the Levites also with instruments of musick of the LORD, which David the king had made to praise the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood. 2 Chron. xxix, 25-28. And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was the commandment of the LORD by his prophets. And the Levites stood with the instruments of sons with the dedication of the wall of Jeru- and Ps. xxxiii, 2, 3. Praise the LORD song, play skilfully with a loud before, the players on instruments Ps. lxxxi, 3, 4. Blow up the Ps. lxxxvii, 7. As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there: all my springs are in thee. David, and the priests with the of ten strings, and upon the psal com ing upon the altar; and when the burnt-offering began, the song of the LORD began also with the trumpets, and with the instruments ordained by David king of Israel. And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded: and sound. him cymbals. men singers and women singers, Eccles. 1, 8. . . . . . I gat me and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts. Isa. xxxviii, 20. The LOD WW will sing my songs to the stringed ready to save me: therefore we instruments all the days of our life in the house of the Loa Daniel iii, 7. Therefore at that time, when all the people hear! the sound of the cornet, fate harp, sackbut, psaltery, and al kinds of music, all the people, the nations, and the languages, down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. Rev. xiv, 2, 3. And I heard s many waters, and as the voice d voice from heaven, as the voice of a great thunder, and I heard the voice of harpers harping wit their harps: And they sung as were throne, and before the four beasts. a new song before the and the elders; and no man coul learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand which were redeemed from the earth. POWER OF MUSIC. shalt come to the hill of God 1 Sam. x, 5. After that the where is the garrison of the Philis tines: and it shall come to pass when thou art come thitherto the city, that thou shalt meet a com pany of prophets coming de from the high place, with a psal tery, and a tabret, and a pipe, arda harp, before them; and they shal prophesy. 1 Sam. xvi. 15, 16, 17, 19, 23. And Saul's servants said unto him, hold now, an evil spirit from Go troubleth thee. Let our lord no command thy servants, chich are before thee, to seek out a ma who is a cunning player on a harp: and it shall come to pass upon thee, that he shall play wit when the evil spirit from God is his hand, and thou shalt be welAnd Saul said unto his servants Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to m Wherefore Saul sent messeng unto Jesse, and said, Sen David thy son, which is with the sheep. And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him. 2 Kings iii, 15, But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him. Ezek. xxxiii, 32. And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument; for they hear thy words, but they do them not. VARIOUS ALLUSIONS. Job xxi, 12. They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ. Isa. v, 12. And the harp and the viol, the tabret and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands. Ezek. xxvi, 13. And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard. Amos. v, 23. Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs: for I will not hear the melody of thy viols. Amos vi, 5. That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David. PIONEERING. what my God had put in my heart fire. Then I went on to the gate VARIOUS FORMS OF MERCHANDISE, ITS BENEFITS. Judges xviii, 28. And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by Bethrelob: and they built a city, and dwelt therein. Prov. xxxi, 18. She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night. Josh. xviil, 4-6, 8, 9. Give out from among you three men for each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise and go through the land, and describe it, according to the inheritance of them; and Isa. xxiii, 2, 3, 8. Be still, ye inthey shall come again to me. habitants of the isle; thou whom And they shall divide it into seven the merchants of Zidon, that pass parts: Judah shall abide in their over the sea, have replenished. coast on the south, and the house And by great waters the seed of of Joseph shall abide in their Sihor, the harvest of the river, is coasts on the north. Ye shall her revenue; and she is a mart of therefore describe the land into nations. Who hath taken this seven parts, and bring the descrip- counsel against Tyre, the crowntion hither to me, that I may casting city, whose merchants are lots for you here before the LORD our God. And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you before the LORD in Shiloh. And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the host at Shiloh. princes, whose traffickers are the Ezek. xxviii, 4, 5. With thy wis- Hosea xil, 8. And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin. For Ezek. vii, 12, 13. The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn; for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof. the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they were yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof, which shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life. Ezek. xxii, 13. Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee. Ezek. xxvii, 32-34, 36. And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea? When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many people; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches, and of thy merchandise. In the time when thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters, thy merchandise, and all thy company in the midst of thee, shall fall. The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt be any more. Ezek. xxviii, 16, 18. By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God; and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. Thon hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee; and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee. Zeph. i, 11. Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that I cording to all his desire,) that Rev. xviii, 11, 15. And the mer- eth their merchandise auy more. The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing. Prov. xxiii, 23. Buy the truth and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. reckoned not with the men into 2 Kings xxii, 7. Howbeit there ARTICLES OF MERCHANDISE. Ezek. xxvii, 18-20, 23, 24. Damascus was thy merchant in the multitude of the wares of thy mak-faithfully. ing, for the multitude of all riches; in the wine of Helbon, and white wool. Dan also aud Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market. Dedan was thy merchant in precious clothes for chariots. Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad, were thy merchants. These were thy merchants in all sorts of things, in blue clothes, and broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords, and made of cedar, among thy merchandise. Rev. xvill, 12. The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble. ACCOUNTS, ETC. 1 Kings v, 11. And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year. 2 Chron. iv, 18. Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out. SPICES. Gen. xxxvii, 25. And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishimeelites came from Gilead, with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt. Rev. xviil, 13. And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men. TIMBER trees in abundance: for the Zidor ians, and they of Tyre, brought much cedar-wood to David. ARTICLES OF LUXURY. the multitude of all kind of riches. Ezek. xxvii, 12, 16, 22. Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the pied in thy fairs with emeralds, wares of thy making: they occnpurple, and broidered work, and The merchants of Sheba and fine linen, and coral, and agate. Raamah, they were thy mer chants: they occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold. HORSES. 2 Chron. 1, 16, 17. And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, chants received the linen yarn st and linen yarn: the king's mera price. And they fetched up and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hunthey out horses for all the kings dred and fifty: and so brought of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, by their means. (GRAIN AND LAND, see under AGRICULTURE.) TRADES. CHRISTIAN RULE. 1 Cor. iv, 12. And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it. 1 Cor. vii, 17, 20, 24. But as God hath distributed to every man, se the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk: and so ordain I in all churches. Let every man abide in the same calling wherein man, wherein he is called, therein he was called. Brethren, let every abide with God. 2 Thess. iii, 10-12. For even when manded you, that if any would we were with you, this we comFor we hear that there are some not work, neither should be eat working not at all, but are busywhich walk among you disorderiş, bodies. Now them that are such we command and exhort by our My Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread. 1 Kings v, 6, 8--10. Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar-trees out of Lebanon; Gen. xli, 49. And Joseph ga- servants: and unto thee will I give and my servants shall be with thy thered corn as the sand of the hire for thy servants, according to sea, very much, until he left num- all that thou shalt appoint: for bering; for it was without num-thou knowest that there is not ber. among us any that can skill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians. And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the things which thou sentest to me for: and I will do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar, and servants shall bring them down concerning timber of fir. from Lebanon unto the sea; and I unto the place that thou shalt apwill convey them by sea in floats point me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household. So Hi 1 Kings vii, 47. And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they many: neither was the weight of exceeding were the brass found out. 1 Kings ix, 10--14. And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the king's house. (Now Hiram gave Solomon cedar-trees, ram the king of Tyre had fur- and fir-trees, according to all his nished Solomon with cedar trees desire. and fir trees, and with gold, ac learn to maintain good works for Titus ili, 14. And let ours also necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful. was of the same craft, he abode Acts xviii, 8. And because be with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tent 1 Chron. xxil, 4. Also cedar-makers, 2 Chron. ii, 8-10, 15, 16. Send | familles of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea. Acts xx, 34. Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have min-me also cedar-trees, fir-trees, and istered unto my necessities, and algum-trees, out of Lebanon; (for I know that thy servants can skill to them that were with me. to cut timber in Lebanon;) and, behold, my servants shall be with Even to prepare thy servants, PREPARATION OF FOOD. Gen. xxv, 29. And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from theme timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build field and he was faint. shall be wonderful great. And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil. Gen. xxvii, 9, 31. Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth: And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me. 2 Sam. xili, 7, 8. Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother Amnon's house, and dress him meat. So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house; and he was laid down. And she took flour, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and did bake the cakes. Ps. Iviii, 9. Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath. Ezek. xi, 3, 7, 11. Which say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh. Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Your slain, whom ye have laid in the midst of it. they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron: but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it. This city shall not be your caldron, neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst thereof; but I will judge you in the border of Israel. Ezek. xxiv, 6, 10. Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it. Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burnt. Matth. ix, 17. Neither do men put new wine into old bottles; else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved. Luke xill, 21. It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. (See under DIET and ARCHITECTURE.) WOOD-CUTTING. 2 Kings vi, 4. So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood. measures of Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants: And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need; and we will bring it to thee in flotes by sea to Joppa, and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem. PREPARATION of CLOTHING. Isa. lix, 6. Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands. Matth. ix, 16. No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment; for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse. Mark ii, 21. No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment; else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse. Luke v, 36. And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old. SPINNING AND WEAVING. Exod, xxxviii, 16. All the hang- 1 Kings x, 28. And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price. 1 Chron. iv, 21. The sons of Shelah, the son of Judah were Er, the father of Lecah, and Laadah, the father of Mareshah, and the 508 Prov. xxxi, 13, 19, 24. She seeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff. She maketh fine linen, and selleth it, and delivereth girdles unto the merchant. NEEDLEWORK. Exod. xxvii, 16. And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four. 2 Chron. iii, 14. And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and and fine linen, and crimson, Wrought cherubims thereon. EARTHEN-WARE. Exod. v, 6-9. And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying, Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves. And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof; for they be Let us go and sacrifice to our idle; therefore they cry, saying, God. Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words. 1 Chron. iv, 23. These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work. 18a. xxx, 14. And he shall break it as the breaking of the potter's vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare. . . . . . Lam. iv, 2. The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter! 2 Cor. iv, 7. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. LEATHER. Exod. xxxvi, 19. And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers' skins above that. Acts ix, 43. And it came to pass, that he tarried many days in Joppa with one Simon a tanner. WORKING IN METALS. Gen. iv, 22. And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, an instructer of |