The bright star β is named _Kochab_, which means _waiting Him who cometh_. Other stars, not identified, are named _Al Pherkadain_ (Arabic), which means _the calves_, or _the young_ (as in Deut. xxii. 6), _the redeemed assembly_. Another, _Al Gedi_, means _the kid_. Another is _Al Kaid_, _the assembled_; while _Arcas_, or _Arctos_ (from which we derive the term _Arctic_ regions), means, according to one interpreter, _a travelling company_; or, according to another, _the stronghold of the saved_. But there is not only the heavenly seed, which is compared “to the stars of heaven,” but there is the seed that is compared to “the sand of the sea”—the larger flock or company, who will enjoy the earthly blessing. This brings us to— 2. URSA MAJOR (The Great Bear). _The Fold and the Flock._ Of these it is written:— “But in Mount Zion there shall be those that escape, And it shall be holy: And the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.” (Obad. 17‐19, R.V.) It is a large and important constellation, containing 87 stars, of which one is of the 1st magnitude, four of the 2nd, three of the 3rd, ten of the 4th, etc. It always presents a splendid appearance, and is perhaps, therefore, the best known of all the constellations. In the Book of Job (ix. 9, and xxxviii. 31, 32) it is mentioned under the name of _Ash_. “Canst thou guide _Ash_ and her offspring?” which is rendered in the A.V., “Arcturus and his sons,” and in the R.V., “The Bear with her train” (marg., “_sons_”). The Arabs still call it _Al Naish_, or _Annaish_, _the assembled together_, as sheep in a fold. The ancient Jewish commentators interpreted _Ash_ as the seven stars of this constellation. They are called by others _Septentriones_, which thus became the Latin word for _North_. [Illustration] Plate 37: URSA MAJOR The brightest star, α (in the back), is named _Dubhe_, which, as we have seen, means _a herd of animals_, or _a flock_, and gives its name to the whole constellation. The star β (below it) is named _Merach_ (Hebrew), _the flock_ (Arabic, _purchased_). The star γ (on the left of [Greek: beta]) is called _Phaeda_, or _Phacda_, meaning _visited_, _guarded_, or _numbered_, as a flock; for His sheep, like the stars, are both _numbered_ and _named_. (See Psalm cxlvii. 4.) The star ε is called _Alioth_, a name we have had in _Auriga_, meaning _a she goat_. The star ζ (in the middle of the tail) is called _Mizar_, _separate_ or _small_, and close to it _Al Cor_, _the Lamb_ (known as “g”). The star η (at the end of the so‐called tail) is named _Benet Naish_ (Arabic), _the daughters of the assembly_. It is also called _Al Kaid_, _the assembled_. The star ι (in its right foot) is called _Talitha_.