So Horace, _Sat._ lib. i. vii. 8: “Sisennas, Barrosque ut equis præcurreret albis.” So Plaut. _Asin._ ii. 2, 12. So Homer, _Il._ K. 437: Λευκότεροι χιόνος, θείειν δʹ ἀνέμοισιν ὁμοῖοι. ――“Whiter than the snow, and swifter than the winds.” And in the _Æneid_, where Turnus was about to contend with Æneas, he demanded horses: “Qui candore nives anteirent cursibus auras.” ――“Which would surpass the snow in whiteness, and the wind in fleetness” (_Æn._ xii. 84). So the poets everywhere describe the chariot of the sun as drawn by white horses (Bochart, _ut supra_). So conquerors and princes are everywhere represented as borne on white horses. Thus Propertius, lib. iv. eleg. i.: “Quatuor huic albos Romulus egit equos.” So Claudian, lib. ii., _de Laudibus Stilichonis_: “Deposito mitis clypeo, candentibus urbem Ingreditur trabeatus equis.” And thus Ovid (lib. i. _de Arte_) addresses Augustus, auguring that he would return a victor: “Ergo erit illa dies, quâ tu, Pulcherrime rerum, Quatuor in niveis aureus ibis equis.” The preference of _white_ to denote triumph or victory was early referred to among the Hebrews. Thus, Ju. v. 10, in the Song of Deborah: “Speak, ye that ride on white asses, Ye that sit in judgment, And walk by the way.” The expression, then, in the passage before us, would properly refer to some kind of _triumph_; to some joyous occasion; {140} to something where there was success or victory; and, so far as _this_ expression is concerned, would refer to _any kind_ of triumph, whether of the gospel or of victory in war. (3) The bow: and _he that sat on him had a bow_. The bow would be a natural emblem of war――as it was used in war; or of hunting――as it was used for that purpose. It was a common instrument of attack or defence, and seems to have been early invented, for it is found in all rude nations. Comp. Ge. xxvii. 3; xlviii. 22; xlix. 24; Jos. xxiv. 12; 1 Sa. xviii. 4; Ps. xxxvii. 15; Is. vii. 24. The bow would be naturally emblematic of the following things: (a) _War._ See the passages above. (b) _Hunting._ Thus it was one of the emblems of Apollo as the god of hunting. (c) _The effect of truth_――as that which secured conquest, or overcame opposition in the heart. So far as _this_ emblem is concerned, it might denote a warrior, a hunter, a preacher, a ruler――anyone who exerted power over others, or who achieved any kind of conquest over them.