A Lesson from the Bees.

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A BLACK CLOUD was rising out of the west; the low muttering of distant thunder was heard, and as I stood taking note of the signs of the coming storm, I noticed the air seemed full of bees, each one dropping down straight as an-arrow to the hive. I watched them for some time, its they hastened in from the flowery fields to their home, and this Scripture came to my mind, “Flee from the wrath to come.” Luke 3:77Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? (Luke 3:7); Matt. 3:77But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? (Matthew 3:7). I thought, how much wiser the little bees are than the men of this world! God has given them warning after warning in His word of the judgment surely coming on the poor world. But men go on as though all were well, unheeding the solemn word, “Flee from the wrath to come.”
How safe the little bees are in their hives! The storm may rage about them, but it does not touch them. And, oh, how safe is each one who has fled for refuge to Christ. “A MAN shall be as an hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest.” Isaiah 32; 2.
We know who that Man is, even “The Man Christ Jesus; who gave Himself a ransom for all.” 1 Timothy 2:66Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time. (1 Timothy 2:6).
O, dear children! young and old—be wise as the bees. Make haste to Christ’ Let not the sweets of any of this world’s fields tempt you to stay away from Him. He will be your “covert” and “hiding-place” when the great day of God’s wrath has come. E. G. B.
ML 12/24/1899