...the power of Elijah the prophet, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. He had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle...his loins ; and his meat was locusts and wild honey. Thas plain in his dress, and self-denied in bis manner of living, he sharply rebuked the sins of his...

...finer, and of a richer flavour than that of cow's milk; it will keep, without salt, the whole year. And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair,...his loins : and his meat was locusts and wild honey. — Matt, iii, 4. From this we learn what the diet of John the baptist, the favoured of heaven, and...

...and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. John also, both as a Prophet arid as a Nazarite, had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins. They were both likewise, in a humble condition of life. In what manner these two beloved servants of...

...and the Pharisees and all Jerusalem came out unto him, and were baptized. And John had his clothing of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins ; and his food was wild honey, of which the taste was that of manna, as a sweet cake in oil.' " After the passage...

...ill opini9n of meat and fish in every form, I will select a few, and lay them before the reader. " And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair,...loins : and his meat was locusts and wild honey." — ST. MATTHEW, iii. 4. Thus we see that the Deity frowns not on this humble fare, since the only...

...lingering atrophy and asthmatic suffocation ; to the taint of syphilis, or the torture of the stone. " And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair,...about his loins: and his meat was locusts and wild honey."—ST. MATTHEW, iii. 4. Among a great variety of authorities which might be brought in support...

...be called John. And he shall he filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womh. Matt. iii. 4. And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle abont his loins : and his meat was locusts and wild honey. Luke iii. 2, 3. Annas and Caiaphas being...

...was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair,...his loins, and his meat was locusts and wild honey. And there went out to him Jerusalem and all Judea, and all the regions round about Jordan, and were...

...He came, " neither eating nor drinking. He " lived in the wilderness, had his raiment " of camels' hair, and a leathern girdle about " his loins, and his meat was locusts and " wild honey." A very proper demeanor this for him, whose province it was to prepare the minds of men for the Gospel,...

...one crying in the desert, ' Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.' " 4 Now this John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins : and his food was locusts and wild honey. 5 Then went out unto him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the country...