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POTTER
Modern Egyptian Potters.
of a wooiien disk placed on another larger and
turned by the hand by an attendant, or worked by a treadle | Isa. xlv, 9; Jer. xviii, :>; Ecclus. xxxviii, 29, 30; see Tennant, Ceylon, i. 452). The vessel was then smoothed and coated with a glaze, and finally burned in a furnace ( Wilkinson, Au<\ Egypt, ii. 108 i. We find allusions to the potsherds, i. e. broken pieces of vessels used as crucibles, or burst by the furnace, and to the necessity of keeping the latter clean (Isa. xxx, 11 j xlv. 9; Jobii, 8; Psa. xxii, U\; Prov. xxvi, 23; Ecclus. xxxviii, 29). The materials, forms, and manufacture of earthenware vessels are still very similar throughout Western isia, and are also the same which were an- ciently in use. This we know from the comparison of ancient paintings and sculptures with modern manufact- ures, as well as from the vast quantities of broken pot- tery which are found upon the sites of ancient cities. The ancient potters "frequently kneaded the clay with their feet, and after it had been properly worked up, they formed it into a mass of convenient size with the band. and placed it on the wheel, which, to judge from that represented in the paintings, was of very simple con- strue and turned with the hand. The various forms
of the vases were made by the finger during the revo- lution: the handles, if they had any. were afterwards affixed to them ; and the devices and other ornamental parts were traced with a wooden or metal instrument
previously to their being baked. They were then suf- fered to dry, and for this purpose were placed on planks ' other causes not under his control, compelled him to re-
1800. His parents, who belonged (o the Society of Friends, were country-people of
good blood, honestly devoted tO the best
interests of home and friends. Tiny were remarkably well educated for their times and surroundings, and highly esteemed in the vicinity. Alter securing a good ele- mentary training at the district school, Alonzo went, at twelve years of age, 1" an academy in Poughkeepsie, and three years after was admitted to Union < Jollege, where he at once took the highest raid; in his class. Upon the completion ol hi- college course he connected himself with the Epis- copal Church, and soon after decided to prepare for holy orders in that communion, lie commenced his theological studies un- der the direction of the Rev. Dr. Samuel 11. Turner, but before Potter was one-and- twenty years old he reluctantly accepted the appointment of tutor in his alma mater. Within a twelvemonth he was promoted to the professorship of mathematics and nat- ural philosophy, and at the age of twenty- three first appeared in print as the author of a treatise on Logarithms, which is -aid to have been a highly creditable scientific performance. He still continued his studies for the ministry, was admitted to deacon's orders by bishop Hobart, and was advanced to the priesthood by bishop Brownell in 1824. In the year 182G he quitted the college to become rector of St. Paul's Church. Boston, a position in which be gained a wide influence by the simplicity and earnestness of his character, the fidelity of his ministrations, and the contagious fervor of his religious sympathies. The preaching of Dr. Potter opened a new sera. With no spirit of dogmatism or controversy, be set forth the cardinal doctrines of the Church, appealing equally to the intellect and the heart, and drawing many within a new circle of religious associations. "He was always ready."' says his biographer, " to aid in promoting the interests of education and sound learning. He was an advocate of scientific pursuits. He gave his influence both by precept and example to the cause of temper- ance. Each of these subjects lie advanced with great ability, sometimes by a course of public lectures, some- times by a written discourse, but more frequently an extempore address, in all which he was pre-eminently successful. His engagements in these various objects, with his incessant parochial duties, constituted a vast amount of labor too ureat to be borne for a long time. Exhaustion from this amount of work, together with
of w 1 : they were afterwards arranged with great care
on trays, and carried, by means of the usual yoke, borne en men's Shoulders, to the oven" { Wilkinson, .1 lie. Egypt. ii, 107 srp; Hindi. Hist, of Pottery, i. 152; SaalschUtz, A rchaol.d. Webr. i, 14,11). For a description of pottery as now. and from ancient times, practiced in Palestine, see Th -on. Land and Book, ii. 281 sq. Earthen \ es-
sels were used, both by Egyptians and .lews, for various purposes besides culinary. Deeds were kept in them (Jer. xxxii. It ). 'tiles with patterns and writing were c ii both ill Egypt and Assyria, and wire also ill
use in I 'ile-iine i Ezek. iv. 1 1. There was at Jerusalem a royal establishment of potters ( i Chron.iv, 23), from whose employment, and from the fragments cast away in the process, the Potter's field perhaps received it - name | [8a. xxx, 14). Whether the term -potter'' (Zech. \i. b'> I i- to !"■ -n interpreted may bo doubted, as it may be taken lor "artificer" in general, and also ••treasurer." as if the ciu mentioned were to he weighed, and per- haps melted down to be recoined (Gesen. Thesaur. p. 619). See Ci \>.