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"Moreover, the Lord thy God will send the 

 hornet among them, until they that are left, and 

 hide themselves from thee, be destroyed." 



Again it is written, — 



" And I will send hornets before thee, which shall 

 drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite 

 from before thee." 



And in a brief history of God's benefits 

 to the children of Israel it is narrated, — 



" And I sent the hornet before you, which drave 

 them out from before you, even the two kings of 

 the Amorites." 



In " Cruden's Concordance," in the in- 

 troduction to the subject of hornets, we 

 read that "A Christian city, being besieged 

 by Sapores, king of Persia, was delivered 

 by hornets ; for the elephants and beasts, 

 being stung by them, waxed unruly, and 

 so the whole army fled." 



Not only have armies been dispersed, but 

 cities have been abandoned because of the 

 fierce onset of the hornets. MoflFett says,— 



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