A week or two after I left Erzeroum my candlestick fell into other hands, and one night it exploded, fortunately in an empty room, which it wrecked without damaging any one in the house.
They have set up their candlestick on high--the candlestick of a perverse ritual and of an idolatrous service.
The Tatar stooped and picked up from the ground a copper candlestick which she had left there, a candlestick with a tall, slender stem, and snuffers, pin, and extinguisher hanging about it on chains.
And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.
And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side.
The candlestick was in the form of an angel holding a nosegay, in the centre of which the wax taper was to be placed.
When she went to his castle is not known, but on the altar candlestick in the church of Norrebak it was inscribed that they were the gift of Palle Dyre and Marie Grubbe, of Norrebak Castle.
He was therefore put into the melting-furnace and changed into as elegant an iron candlestick as you could wish to see, one intended to hold a wax taper.
Without any power of recollection, he flung himself upon the bed, leaving his candle half hanging out of the candlestick beside him.
This was not thecandlestick you found here last night,' cried she.
The golden candlestick reached the African capital, was recovered a century later, and lodged in Constantinople by Justinian, and by him replaced, from superstitious motives, in Jerusalem.
From the Capitoline sanctuary were borne off the golden candlestick and other sacred articles that Titus had stolen from the Temple at Jerusalem.
The candlestick should be of such size that it will easily support the average candle without putting the user to great inconvenience in fitting it by paring it off or melting it down.
It is necessary to provide a lip to catch the stray drops of wax that will run down the sides of the candle; and it will be a convenience to have this supplemented by a slight dishing of the base if the candlestick is to be carried about.
Whether the candlestick is to be high or low depends entirely upon the use intended for it or upon the preference of the user.
The accompanying drawing shows how handles may be designed really to form a part of the candlestick and at the same time, by means of a sharp bend or elbow at the top, to provide a natural place for the thumb to assist in grasping the handle.
Generally speaking, a low candlestick is better for carrying about and a high one more desirable for standing in a cabinet or on shelf or table.
If a handle is to be added it should seem to be a natural outgrowth of the candlestick itself, as was explained in the discussion of handles for vases; and it should, at the same time, offer a place for a firm and comfortable grasp.
Illustration: Suggestive designs for candlesticks] The building of the candlestick is started, like the bowl in the first problem, by coiling from the centre, and the rim may be added in the same way.
Next he picked up a candlestick and stuffed the candle into it, and laid a quilt against the threshold of the door so that no light would pierce the corridor.
The candlestick in the center of the table was composed of twelve branches.
But there is the earthly side as well as the heavenly--the human as well as the divine--the candlestick as well as the body.
Its Christian interest is unrivalled, from its having been erected by the senate to commemorate the taking of Jerusalem, and from its bas-reliefs of the seven-branched candlestick and other treasures of the Jewish Temple.
Amongst the reliefs there is the figure of a man bearing the golden candlestick from the Temple at Jerusalem, as one of the spoils of the triumph.
Here and there in the narrow alleys the seven-branched candlestick may be seen carved on the house walls, a "yet living symbol of the Jewish religion.
It was on this occasion that the seven-branched candlestick of Jerusalem was dropped into the river, where it has probably ever since been embedded.
It is probably the easiest explanation to say that these two olive trees are types of Him who is a Priest upon His throne and whose blessed Person will supply the candlestick with the oil, His own Spirit!
Theocracy, the government of this earth by the immediate direction of God, is once to be established, and when it is, it will be like a bright and glorious candlestick shedding light and dispersing the darkness.
The vision of thecandlestick and the two olive trees is one of the most difficult in the Bible and needs prayerful and thoughtful study.
In other words, the vision of the golden candlestick must have some relation to the restoration of Israel.
The end of this age will not be a bright and glorious candlestick, filled with oil, conquest and glory, but it will be failure and the removal of the candlestickwhich failed in giving the light.
The general interpretation is that the golden candlestick represents the Church, that she is the golden light-bearer, so valuable and precious.
The candlestick of pure gold, precious, and uniting seven lamps filled with oil, represents Israel's glorious fullness.
The candlestick in the tabernacle represents Christ, the Light of the world, and is likewise a type of the Jewish theocracy.
An oil receiver is seen on top, from which the oil flows to the seven lamps of the candlestick through seven pipes.
Two olive trees stand alongside of the candlestick and hang their fruit-laden branches over the golden bowl, filling it with oil, which flows through the seven pipes into the seven lamps.
Without pointing out the other details of this vision which are now easily understood, we desire to make a few remarks on the two olive trees standing at the right and at the left of the candlestick supplying the same with oil.
The above interpretation seems to us overlooks entirely the fact that the vision of the candlestick being given with the others in one night, must be connected with them in some way.
The candlestick in the vision is exactly like the one in the tabernacle, only the two olive trees are something new.
The candlestickshines and sheds its glorious light, its pure gold glitters and reflects the light of the seven lamps.
We think the Yalkut on Zechariah (a Hebrew commentary), is not so very far out of the way when it says, "The golden candlestick is Israel.
Mrs Brandon, running into the kitchen, chamber-candlestick in hand, closely followed by Edward.
Her father had been most severely particular about that candlestick (with matches) being-always ready on that ledge in case of his need.
Ridiculous, of course, to expect a candlestick to be still there!
With that Sir Launcelot saw the candlestick with the six tapers come before the cross, and he saw nobody that brought it.
And within he found a fair altar full richly arrayed with cloth of clean silk, and there stood a fair clean candlestick which bare six great candles, and the candlestick was of silver.
Or if not, behold I come to thee and will move thy candlestickout of its place, except thou dost penance” (Apoc.
The snuffers were in my dirty candlestickupon the dresser.
I had no time to demur, and jumped in after him, just as the doctor, suspicious and austere, entered, candlestick in hand.
In a minute, though before I was half way up the second flight, and though the candlestick was carried perfectly straight--crash!
I tried again, and they, or it, dodged round and thrust a head through the handle, where they stuck fast, grinning at me till I set the candlestick down and stared.
Herewith is illustrated a candlestick which may be made from the various woods that will have the style and lines of mission craft work.
She asked him when he would like to be called, and put the candlestick on the chair.
A five-branched candlestick stood on a little table by the side of the easy chair.
I will wager that it is the last scene in our third act," replied the artist, placing his candlestick upon the mantel; "it seems that it is to be very tragic.
A minute later, Marillac appeared upon the threshold, in his slippers and with a silk handkerchief tied about his head, holding his candlestick in one hand and a pipe in the other; he stood there motionless.
Guy, exerting the full force of his arms, shook himself clear, and grasping a brass-candlestick within his reach, struck the executioner straight between the eyes.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "candlestick" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
