...use. No pen has so beautifully depicted their ravages as that of the Prophet Joel : — " The land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness."* Africa, Egypt, Persia, and the whole of Asia, are subject to their visitations. In Arabia the locusts...

...or bitter plants, as well as the juicy and nutritive, are equally consumed ; and thus " the land is as the Garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness." It seems as if nothing could appease their devouring hunger, and the energy and activity they exhibit,...

...merciless, so irresistible, never took the field. " A fire, devoured before them, and behind a flame burned. The land was as the garden of Eden before them, and...behind them a desolate wilderness : yea, and nothing escaped them." m Prodigies of valour could avail nothing in the face of an enemy, whose losses in leaders...

...great people and a strong. A fire devoureth before them, and behind them a flame burneth. The land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness ; yea, and nothing shaH escape them. The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses, and as horsemen so shall they...

...generation to generation. A flame devoureth before them, And behind them a fire burneth. The land is the garden of Eden before them, And behind them a desolate wilderness : Yea, nothing shall escape them. — Joel ii. It was late when our travellers retired to rest ; yet they...

...caustic, or bitter plants, as well as the juicy and nutritive, are equally consumed; and thus "the laud is as the Garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness." It seems as if nothing could appease their devouring hunger, and the energy and activity they exhibit,...

...their progress by devastation and ruin ; to use the graphic language of the prophet — " The land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness"2 This plague has generally been considered as belonging to the old world, in which they...

...'of many generations. 3 A fire devoureth before them ; and behind them a flame burneth : the land is ou that are full ! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you shall escape them. 4 The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall...

...years of many generations. Before them a fire devoureth, And behind them a flame burneth : The land is as the garden of Eden before them, And behind them a desolate wilderness : Yea, and nothing shall escape them. Their appearance shall be like the appearance of horses, And like horsemen shall...

...stalk in the furrows. " A fire devourcth before them, and behind them a flame hurneth ; the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness ; yea, and nothing can escape them," Joelii. 3. Now, let the dreadful artillery roar from all its iron throats, and disgorge...