The Whiteness of the Dead

The pallor of the dead, we borrow the expressive hue of the shroud in which we wrap them. By whiteness, no man can deny that in its profoundest idolized significance, it calls up idealized significance. Let us add that even the king of terrors, when personified by the evangelist, rides on his pallid horse. Therefore, in his other moods, symbolize whatever grand or gracious thing he will.