(3) Red; Redness. (11 Redness of horses. and redness of the wine of God's wrath. denote the fearful and bloody effects of God's judgment' (Zech. i :8, and vi :2; Rev. vi :4; Ps. lxxv :8 ). lei Redness acetified to the church as a vine, denim her exposure to bloody trouble and persecution, and their bringing forth good fruit to God xxvii :2). ( 3) The redness of the heathen dr.i gem, signified the bloody persecutions of the tians by the Roman emperors (Rev. xii :31. (4 ) The redness of a leprous infection in flesh or gar ments, might denote angry refusal of reproof, and furious defense of faults (Lev. xiii :19, 42, 49), and (xiv :37). (5) Redness of eyes, imports hav ing plenty of wine, or being drunk with it (Gen. xlix :12 ; Prov. xxiii :29).
(4) Green. (I) As green is the color of flour ishing grass, it is used as an emblem of pleasant ness, prosperity, fullness of wealth, grace, or com fort. Jesus Christ is called a green tree, to mark his unbounded and never-failing fullness of grace and fructifying virtue (Luke xxiii :3i ; Hos. xiv: 8). (2) Saints are green trees, or green things; they still retain the Spirit of graCe, and grow in grace and good works; and are delightful to behold (Ps. lii:8; Rev. ix :4). (3) Men
abounding in prosperity, honor, and wealth, are called green trees (Ezek. xvii :24 and xx :47)• (5) Blue. In types and emblems it signified heavenliness, purity, humility, etc. (Exod. xxv :4 ; with Laodicea and Hierapolis, destroyed by an earthquake. This, according to Eusebius, was in the ninth year of Nero; but the town must have been immediately rebuilt, for in his twelfth year it continued to be named as a flourishing place (Nicet. Chron. p. 115). It still subsists as a vil lage named Chonas. The huge range of Mount Cadmus rises immediately behind the village, close to which there is in the mountain an immense perpendicular chasm, affording an outlet for a wide mountain torrent. The ruins of an old castle stand on the summit of the rock forming the left side of this chasm, There are some traces of ruins and fragments of stone in the neighborhood, but barely more than sufficient to attest the exist ence of an ancient site; and that this site was that of Colossi is satisfactorily established by the Rev. F. V. J. Arundell.