 | Letitia Elizabeth Landon - Poetry - 1839 - 348 pages
...comes the comfort of thy word, When most we seem deserted. ST. JOHN IN THE WILDERNESS. " Amt the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about hia loins, and his meat was locusts and wild honey." ST. MATTBEW iii. •!AFAH, he took a gloomy cave,... | |
 | George Harris - 1840
...expeditious road, which to this day is called from her ' The road of Semiramis.' " Verse 4, " And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey." The garment of " camel's hair" was a coarse and rough covering,... | |
 | Bombay Bible Society - 1840 - 175 pages
...one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. 4 And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins ; and his meat was l<xcusts and wild honey. 5 Then went out to him Jerusalem, and allJudea, and all... | |
 | Natural history, Quadrupeds - 1840
...garments are still manufactured out of the camel's hair, as much in the present day as when John, with " his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins," preached repentance in the wilderness of Judea. And the swift Heirie is still used for the conveyance... | |
 | Abiel Abbot Livermore - Bible - 1841
...straight road. The Jews were called upon to pre4 of the Lord, make his paths straight." And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins ; and 5 his meat was locusts and wild honey. Then went out to him Jerusapare for the Messiah's advent,... | |
 | Literary Criticism - 1841
...The fourth verse of the third chapter of St. Matthew is well illustrated at Malta: — "And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins ; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.'' The capote, as seen upon the quay of Valetta upon the... | |
 | Religion
...is believed to be of the same description as that bestowed by Jacob on his favourite child. We are informed that our Saviour also wore " a coat without...roughest and coarsest kind, like that which is worn by dervishes and reputed saints. It is still used for sacks and tent-covers. We can easily understand... | |
 | G. Henderson - 1842
...is believed to be of the same description as that bestowed by Jacob on his favourite child. We are informed that our Saviour also wore " a coat without...roughest and coarsest kind, like that which is worn by dervishes and reputed saints. It is still used for sacks and tent- covers. We can easily understand... | |
 | Religion
...is believed to be of the same description as that bestowed by Jacob on his favourite child. We are informed that our Saviour also wore " a coat without...throughout;" and that in the wilderness, St. John " had a raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins." The " sackcloth" of the Scriptures... | |
 | William Scott, Francis Garden, James Bowling Mozley - Religion - 1842
...voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. STEPHCNS. 4 And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins ; and his meat was locusts and wild honey. 5 Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judsea, and all... | |
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