BIRDS AND INSECTS 



victorious. At present the insect hosts are the strongest 

 allies of the Angel of Death. They sow disease and 

 death broadcast in his pathway through life. The 

 pitfalls they cause are so numerous and well concealed 

 that comparatively few people ultimately escape and 

 die peacefully of old age as Nature intends, in order 

 to gain the fullest earth experiences before entering 

 the next phase of life in the beyond. The insect 

 armies attack us at all points. They not only sow 

 deadly diseases amongst us and our domestic animals ; 

 they ravage and cripple us in a thousand other ways. 

 Our food supplies are reduced alarmingly by them. 

 They attack and destroy our timber, our dwellings, 

 our furniture, clothing, and even that poisonous 

 weed, tobacco. The nicotine of tobacco is one of 

 the most powerful poisons known to science, yet 

 there are certain beetles which thrive on prepared 

 tobacco leaves. 



While our enemies the insects are slaying us and our 

 stock and cutting off our food supplies, we continue 

 to quarrel and wrangle among ourselves and strive 

 for place and power ; or live our little selfish lives, 

 snatching impotently at the will-o'-the-wisps of so-called 

 pleasure instead of combining and utilising our re- 

 sources and the trained minds of our men of science 

 to present a solid front against this terrible enemy 

 which is eating into our vitals. 



Nay, more ! We persecute and destroy our 

 feathered allies which God in His wisdom has given 

 us to help fight our battles. If, perchance, we do 

 not actively persecute our bird friends and helpers, 



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