JAS. CROSSLEY.

Minor Notes.

_Bishop Bedell._--This divine, to remind him of the need he had of being

cleansed and purified in heart by the Spirit, chose an ingenious device,

consisting of a flaming crucible, with a Hebrew motto, signifying,

"Take from me all my tin," in allusion to Isaiah i. 25. The reason for

selecting these particular words was, that the Hebrew word for _tin_ is

_bedil_.

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