The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 42
In the Desert
In the Desert.
The impossibility of finding subsistence in the desert was the next thing to be alarmed at. But what does the gentleman know about that land during that age. The making of timber into charcoal in order to pay tribute has long ago removed the attractions for rain, and the land is not now in the condition of 3000 years ago, nor does it resemble its former fertility.
"The land of Canaan did not flow with milk and honey." I suppose not literally, and yet, as compared with their former condition, the description was well enough.
The gentleman snuffs at the manna, and thinks it very ordinary food. Possibly a better acquaintance would impress him more favorably. His ridicule respecting it is only the sneer that is made to take the place of argument concerning miracle.