Repeatedly has been asked the question," What is the signification of Joseph's coat?"
According to the recent and correct statement of a prominent teacher in the Boston Sunday-school, much of mere speculation has been ventilated in the attempt to answer this query, and much more will no doubt be forthcoming in further general effort to satisfactorily answer it— to little purpose, since it is mere speculation. Waiving all such, this teacher declared that what we really know, is, that it was a distinguishing mark of affection on the part of the father, Jacob.
To one who recognizes the utter folly of speculative "idle words," of "vain repetitions," aired often innocently in the supposed service of Truth, this reply seemed the dew of refreshment. It proved, more than that, the apparent open sesame to the portals of the treasure house of divine Mind.
