Dews in Palestine are very plentiful, like a small shower of rain
every morning. Gideon filled a basin with the dew which fell on a fleece
of wool, Judges vi, 38. Isaac, blessing Jacob, wished him the dew of
heaven, which fattens the fields, Gen. xxvii, 28. In those warm
countries where it seldom rains, the night dews supply the want of
showers. Isaiah speaks of rain as if it were a dew, Isaiah xviii, 4.
Some of the most beautiful and illustrative of the images of the Hebrew
poets are taken from the dews of their country. The reviving influence
of the Gospel, the copiousness of its blessings, and the multitude of
its converts, are thus set forth.
every morning. Gideon filled a basin with the dew which fell on a fleece
of wool, Judges vi, 38. Isaac, blessing Jacob, wished him the dew of
heaven, which fattens the fields, Gen. xxvii, 28. In those warm
countries where it seldom rains, the night dews supply the want of
showers. Isaiah speaks of rain as if it were a dew, Isaiah xviii, 4.
Some of the most beautiful and illustrative of the images of the Hebrew
poets are taken from the dews of their country. The reviving influence
of the Gospel, the copiousness of its blessings, and the multitude of
its converts, are thus set forth.