is thus described by M. Olivier (Voyage dans l’ Empire Othoman, ii. 424): “With the burning south
winds (of Syria) there come from the interior of Arabia and from the most southern parts of Persia
clouds of locusts (Acridium peregrinum), whose ravages to these countries are as grievous and
nearly as sudden as those of the heaviest hail in Europe. We witnessed them twice. It is difficult to
express the effect produced on us by the sight of the whole atmosphere filled on all sides and to a
great height by an innumerable quantity of these insects, whose flight was slow and uniform, and
whose noise resembled that of rain: the sky was darkened, and the light of the sun considerably
weakened. In a moment the terraces of the houses, the streets, and all the fields were covered by
these insects, and in two days they had nearly devoured all the leaves of the plants. Happily they
lived but a short time, and seemed to have migrated only to reproduce themselves and die; in fact,
nearly all those we saw the next day had paired, and the day following the fields were covered with
their dead bodies.” “Locusts have been used as food from the earliest times. Herodotus speaks of
a Libyan nation who dried their locusts in the sun and ate them with milk. The more common
method, however, was to pull off the legs and wings and roast them in an iron dish. Then they
thrown into a bag, and eaten like parched corn, each one taking a handful when he chose.”—Biblical
Treasury. Sometimes the insects are ground and pounded, and then mixed with flour and water and
made into cakes, or they are salted and then eaten; sometimes smoked; sometimes boiled or roasted;
again, stewed, or fried in butter.
Lod
[Lydda]
Lodebar
(without pasture), a place named with Mahanaim, Rogelim and other transjordanic towns, ( 2
Samuel 17:27) and therefore no doubt on the east side of the Jordan. It was the native place of
Machir-ben-Ammiel. (2 Samuel 9:4,5)
Lodge, To
This word, with one exception only, has, at least in the narrative portions of the Bible, almost
invariably the force of “passing the night.”
Log
[Weights And Measures AND Measures]
Lois
(agreeable), the grandmother of Timothy, and doubtless the mother of his mother, Eunice. ( 2
Timothy 1:5) It seems likely that Lois had resided long at Lystra; and almost certain that from her,
as well as from Eunice, Timothy obtained his intimate knowledge of the Jewish Scriptures. ( 2
Timothy 3:15) (A.D. before 64.)
Lookingglas
[MIRRORS]
Lord
[God]
Lords Day, The
(Kuriake Hemera), (Revelation 1:10) (only), the weekly festival of our Lord’s resurrection, and
identified with “the first day of the week,” or “Sunday,” of every age of the Church. Scripture says
very little concerning this day; but that little seems to indicate that the divinely-inspired apostles,
by their practice and by their precepts, marked the first day of the week as a day for meeting together
frankie
(Frankie)
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