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Ancient Needlew-sS.

-nc ElEe no rf0-OH 10 tCHDI t'a' /
needles of metal were Made in the
fourth generation from the Fall, il
not before, for attention to the rec
Ords of Scripture will dem ,nsfratr II
how very early period in the world's
history the useful arts were d"vrl- |
oped. Jubal was tile inventor o.
musical instruments. Z,,iai,'s s"n !
Tubal-Cain. was "an Instructor oI
every artiticnr in brass and irou''
fGcmesis iv. 22). Itis INST pr"hah.'
that Tubal-Cain, seeing his mother.
and his sister Naamah AT their ahori-
Gus work with fi>h-bones OF Mnnies'i
skewersf fn.i.i..s.r~t-rnUTc rUnvtUl.ts1
tTIRplemeuts for them out III the u,'n
OH which lie worked The iir
scripture record we observe ui ,tyt
garments is Jn~cph'- rul. nt NJ
colors. 1t was evidently a costly and
unusual thing III The patriarch tent,
as it SO signally aroused the cuv, 81
his elder brothers, MANY of them
married men and ,sITer-. b.. iii.
they lived the primigve lite al She.
herds and farmers. who made iri
themselves all they wore. Egypt was
then at the hci ght OF her uXnII, ! i
garments OF her great men and prin-
ccsscs were rcsplrndcut vita culor>
and embroidery. Indeed, We may
suppose that even b.iorc thc Foo
extravaganza iii dress vas arlOmg-
he sins OF dcpravcd people. bccau>,
| 1t is always one OF Hose sins whiri
accompany the more serious vices 9.
| luxury and debaucl-ry. No doubt.
also, gorgeous toi!cttv> ere worn il,
the doomed citic, OF Sodum and
Gomorrah. That the ruirrS ana gre.
men of Nincveh in,iu.-cd III cnsti>
apparel is evident fron. tAp SCULPTURES.
time has so wonderfully ur,.seryr..
to us. Inspired writers bot ol TIA,
Old and New rcstamcn! have NOT now
aud then disdained TO mention the
ordinary work of woiIru. Ii is re-
corded in the book OF Samuel that
''lIannah, his mother. ma.i, hiu d.
little coat" and ti:ls -.nll,t, t.ra .n,.
ordinary Offering to the child. whom
| God himself ha'i !Iclu converse W ttn.
is not considered unworthy al n place
in the L bic. Again. Dorca>. whr
worked for the poor. WAS RESTORED
after death to life bv ST. Peter. .ar"url
whom "a!l the widows stood weep.
fling and showing the garments which
| Dorcas had made " his, size " az vii,
them" The only c!aborat. drscri.-
ton OF necdlew ork in the Bible is o!
that made by the Hebrew women 10
decorate the Tabsrnarle and ti,.
priests dresses. The Egyp'ranS oy-
ccllcd greatly in fancy rcctEiework,
and we cannot doubt That they matte
the Hebrew women useful at this art
during their state OF bondage. At
the period of the hmi,in. of the
Tabernacle the priests ephois were
to be made ''of gold. oi n,t". and ui
purple, Of scarlet, and fine r~ilru
linen, with cunning work" irr" J.
: brief extract from th" a'nfi.' DIRE
lions rs to the nreairworiS f,,r the
sacred services and for the p,ies;s:-
And beneath upon the hem of it
! thou shalt make pulmea Fanatics of
blue, and OF purple, and al scarlet.
round about the hem thereof: and
bells Of gold between them ,on''d
about, And thou
shalt cmhroidcr the coat Of line linen,
and tLom shalt make the miirn OF fine
linen, and thou shalt make the mir,lie
of nccdlcwork. And for Aarou's
sons thou shalt make COATS, and thou
shalt make for them g,r,.1cs. and bon
nets shalt thou make for them. for
glory and for beauty" (Exo,.u> xviii.
SO, 80, 40). "M0reov, thou shalt
make the tabernacle wi! h ten curtains
of fine twincd linen. an;l blue. am.
purple, and scarlet: with chcrubin.
of cunning work shalt thou make
them" Exodus XVI. y. This cur
tain is. elsewhere more particularly
described as being of linen entirely,
on which the most skillful Of the
Hebrew ladies embroidered cll rubin
with scarlet, purple, light blue, and
gold thread. 1t is very possible tlia,
the work was Of the Kind W" now
call applique, and the col"rci figures
dainty embroidered with the gul,
|. . thread, which was solid bnllinr
beaten out so fine that It could u,
even woven. The women had de-
: voted their bracelets aud ui her golt
, ornaments 10 the purpose. ard ever,
one who lad cloth at The brauiiiu
dyes named also mI,l,. mn Oti,rlm- a.
it. Besides this, "a!i The women tha
:, were wisc-hcarted dit spin will
! their hands, and brought ,ha, whici
y = they had spun, both of blue aud n
: purple, and of scarlet. and OF tin'
! linen. And all the women wl.os'
hearts stirred them mp in wI>ii0iI
y spun goats hair" The linen TN
broidered madc The inner covering u
the temple. The spun goats h!ir ""
tile second covering, and abnve wcr'
" skins. such as The Arabs still use f."
heir tents.