Like a lion; representing power, majesty, and dominion.

A calf; a young bullock or ox, an emblem of laborious and patient endurance.

Face as a man; indicative of reason, intelligence, and kindness.

A flying eagle; denoting swiftness, keen-sightedness, and elevation. Another view of these four faces is, that they represent the heads of the four divisions into which the Hebrews distributed the living creation-man, cattle, beasts, birds-uniting in themselves the powers and attributes of all; in other words, that all which is great and excellent in creation ministers to God's will.

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Old Testament