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White Stone
Days marked with a white stone. Days of pleasure; days to be
remembered with gratification. The Romans used a white stone or piece
of chalk to mark their lucky days with on the calendar. Those that
were unlucky they marked with black charcoal.
(See Red-Letter Day.)
White Stone
(Rev. ii. 17). To him that overcometh will I
give. a white stone; and in the stone a new name [is] written
which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it
[i.e. the stone]. In primitive times, when
travelling was difficult for want of places of public
accomodation, hospitality was exercised by private individuals
to a great extent. When the guest left, the host gave him a
small white stone cut in two; on one half the host wrote his
name, and on the other the guest; the host gave the guest the
half containing his [host's] name, and vice
versâ. This was done that the guest at some
future time might return the favour, if needed. Our text says,
“I will give him to eat of the hidden manna”
—i.e. I will feed or entertain him
well, and I will keep my friendship, sacred, inviolable, and
known only to himself.
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