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by the moon, and for the chii things of the ancient mountains, and for thi precious things of the htsting hilU/'— *CoDcei ing these verses I soy nothing, save that whoi 1 compare them with the blessings of rest. 1 cannot but belicTe that there is a cei royalty, and richness^ and universality of endo^ ment contained under the»e symbols, the precious^ things of heaven, the dew and the deep that coiicheth beneath, which is a kind of enfcofmcat over the elements- " And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sea. and for the precious things put f(/rth by the moon;'' which is an infj vestilure in all the influences of the day and VT.] OR TUR TSK TRIBKS. I \25 the night " And for the chief things of the ftDcient mountains* and for the preciouh things of the luting hilts ;* which is an inreslimre in the mineral iind gemmed riches of the mincft and the mountains, as also of the caiik and the flocks which roam there, and every tall and fniiifu! tree. "And for Ibc precious things of the enrth and ful- ness thereof;" vrhtch is an investiture in all that thir^ world contains. The earth and the ftihiess thereof, which belcngvth wiUo the Lord, ii« here given unto Joseph, " And for the good-will of him that dwelt in the bush." When the dninkards of Ephraim, the proud saucy scoffers of Ephraim, the head of the rebellion against Judah, received or possessed this good-will of Jehovah, I find no more than I do when any one part of ihla most proli6c blessing came upon the head of Joseph, and upon the tup of th^ head of him that was separated from his brethren* But bear what fol- lows : " His glory is like the firfftling of his bul- lock, (that is, sanctified unto the Lord); and his hnnif^ are like the homs^ of unicorns, (that is. single and mighty): with iht'in hif shtill puxh the people togetht^r to the ends of the earth : and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim ; and they are the thousands of Manasseh." The btillock was an emblem of royalty, being considered the head among the domestic cattle; as was the J lion among the beasts of the wood, and the eagl« among the fowls of heaven. The solitary horn of the unicorn i« an t-mblemof single monarchy and M>vereign power, and is thus used, in the Kciid Psalm, of Messiah's kingdom (ver, 10); " My bom shalt thou escalt like the bom of an uni* com: 1 shall be anointed with fresh oiL" And 1130 IHh KINOK or THE KAfcT, [Hii. what follows ill tlic bles^inff of Joseph so Records vith ihepeculiar language hotdeii of Me&eiali