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dresses himself In Babylon, he b Without dn !;
bat II IN CanAzn, he ID yuA a EEhAsoune1.
Laid bold of. il Ia token that he n uStchsd
ovee IN Aeeven fo< good. -
II b. = bein9 hlsd bis ms azs forgiven
AL 6mkah2oa sean in sleep aze Of good
o1nsu, with the sing1e exception of wtne; for
Which, curi1os1J enoagh, tho Atanity q ths
strong drink unto him that 10 ready to peEfnh,
and vine unto those that be Of heavy hearts,. =
II nan seen David in hiE dream, let him
hope 70 become saint
II man sees Solomon in his dream, let him
hope 10 become wise. ..,
several. ,Eenks Of Scripture hsve thei1
own special :: :;:ri;;--ce when seen in dtea1ns'
Thus:
The PnAlrs mesn holiness.
Proverbs wlsdom-
f}:s:ssa'st'en, }::s@'ss + .snistiop.
Isaixh 's consolation
Ezekiel = knowledge.
Book OF Kings - greatness.
But al these fade into nothing before the
Book Of Esther, for il this s2pexrs TO any one
IN his sleep, let him know Of certainty thAk
Amongst bad dreams there are few which
are held to be Of such malignant meaning thas
the unlucky sleeper must keep strict fast fot
twenty-four houra to avert the impending evil
Not even the Sabbath itself, On which all fast
ing is forbidden, will excuse him from the per
foFmance Of the penitential e1arciae- The
occasions for this discipline are when
man has dre2mt: l. That the roll
Of the synagogue on which the Scriptures
are written, is beingbusnt-(2 that he is taking
part in the prayer which concludes the services
on the Day Of Atonement- 80 that the roof Of
his house is fallen in-(D that his teeth are
dropping out
seen, have for long gener ations taken theil
place among popular supershhona OF our own,
and it IL curious to note how their origin m1y
be traced along the channel OF JeWlsh tradi'
ton up to the fountain-head Of the Babylon
captivity. Many Highland housewife and
Co1niAh cottager is At this moment repeating
d1eamland wonders that were first learnt when
1s1aelitish ha1ps we're hanging client upon the
willows Of Euphrates- ...,. ..
The foregoing explanation Of the language
Of dreams, which after Ill is only fragment
Of much more that remains untold, is not de.
lyeIed by the TahnCd aa nero opinion, but
AZ an authoritative statement which no ortho-
dox child OF Abraham may venture to g1nsay.
Consistently with this, there is = bold and A.
most unvsrying appeal to Scripture Is the
foundation upon WMeh the syatem Of interpre.
tation is made To rest bume OF the passages
cited are 60 far-fetched - to say more for the
ingenuity of the R&hbis than for the elucadA-
tion Of the m4ttar in band, while othars could
be made intelGgible to the general resder by
difficulty will not be felt in what follows, and
The Bc1iptura1 authorities 2re cited aa examples
Of the spirit OF lxborious research that guided
the Ia1mudicl Hriters In their marvellous
compilation.
II man sees river in his dream, he is told
viii extend peace to bar ike t4ver, lost Ch4F,
liz; 10, should coma into lis mind first, mi
| spoil ths good omen. " When tho enemy shAl
come in Ike flood"
The sees bird, be is to nse and ~ La
..u., 5, "As birds flying, 30 win tho Lord de
think Of Prov. xvii, 8, "As bird that WAN
| de1eth from her nest, 80 il man that wan
!! dereth from his place" which would be yerJ
!! unlucky.
Il be gees grapes, be must repeat Hosea X.
10, found l6Fke1 Like grapes in the wilder.
ness" before Dent. uni., So "Their vine il
Of the vine Of sodom, their grapes are grapes
| Of gall, their clusters are bitter"
lyi., Z, Even them will bring TO my holy
/ mountain" before Jer. L., 10, )" For the moun-
tains will take up weeping and wailing.
II he sees trumpet, he must repeat 1sa.
xvii, 10, "The great trumpet sha1l Be blown,
and they shall come that we're ready to perish, "
before Hoses v, 8, "Blor 20 tho cornet IN
shall be desolAte in the day OF rebuke."
Il he sees d dog, be must repeat Exod, Il, I.
"Against any Of the children Of Israel shall
not dog move his tongue" before Prov.
XVI, II, "Aa dog returneth to his vonit, &C
fool retuzneth to his folly
II he sees lion, he must repeat Hosea II.
10, "They shall walk after the Lord, be shal
come up from his thicket; be is gone forth
| from his place to make thy land de.olate."
II he Sees razor OF SCISSORS, be must repeal
Gen. Iii, IA, "Then Pharaoh sent and callsd
Joseph, and they brought him hastily out ol
| the dungeon, and he shaved himself" before
Judges wi, II, "There hath not CONC q razo,
upon mine head; il be shayen, then my
weak, and be like any other man"
II he Bees well, he must repeat Cant. w.,
Is, IA fountain OF gardens. we'll of living
waters, and streams from Lebanon" before
Jer. Vi, I, "As The fountain casteth ont he1
waters, so she casteth ont her wickedness."
"A bruised reed shall he not break, and the
smoking fax shall he not queuch; he shall
| bring forth Judgment unto TRUTH before z
Kings xviii, Il, ''Now, behold, thou trustest
upon the stafr Of this bruised reed, even upon
Egypt, On which il 4 man lean, it Will 60 into
lis hand, and pierce it"
Il he eees an OK, he must repeat Dent
| 111ui, II, HIS glory is like tho lsstling oi
his bullock, md bis horns are Like the horns o1
!! unicorns," before Exodus xxi. q, az an o,
| gore man or woman that they die, then the
or shall surely be stoned, and his flesh shal
not be eaten"
Much more might be written, for this is 4
matter il, which fha Rshbis have daiphtei tf