The Kneeling Camel
The camel, at the close of day
Kneels down upon the sandy plain
To have his burden lifted off
And rest to gain.
My soul, thou too shouldst to thy knees
When the daylight draweth to a close,
And let thy Master lift thy load
And grant repose:
Else how canst thou tomorrow meet,
With all tomorrow's work to do,
If thou thy burden all the night
Dost carry through?
The camel kneels at break of day
To have his guide replace his load,
Then rises up again to take
The desert road.
So thou shouldst kneel at morning's dawn
That God may give thee daily care,
Assured that He no load too great
Will make thee bear.
- Anna Temple
Quotes About Camels
"It is easier for a camel to go through
the eye of a needle, than for a rich man
to enter the kingdom of God"
Bible
"Do not free a camel of the burden of his hump; you may be freeing him from being a camel."
G. K. Chesterton
"Trust in Allah, but tie your camel."
Arabian Proverb
"The last straw breaks the camel's back."
English Proverb
"Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel."
Bible quotes
"It is easier to make a camel jump a ditch than to make a fool listen to reason."
Turkish Proverb
"It is easier to make a camel jump a ditch than to make a fool listen to reason."
Turkish Proverb
"As a camel beareth labour, and heat, and hunger, and thirst, through deserts of sand, and fainteth not; so the fortitude of a man shall sustain him through all perils."
Akhenaton
"If the camel once gets his nose in a tent, his body will soon follow."
Arabian Proverb
"Ask a wise man to dinner and he'll upset everyone by his gloomy silence or tiresome questions. Invite him to a dance and you'll have a camel prancing about. Haul him off to a public entertainment and his face will be enough to spoil the people's entertainment."
Desiderius Erasmus
"And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! / And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God! / It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God."
Bible
"The barking of a dog does not disturb the man on a camel"
Egyptian Proverb
"Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not."
Bible
"And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey; / And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose."
Bible
"And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in these tents, as this plague."
Bible
"Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you."
Bible
"And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel."
Bible
"And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey."
Bible
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