198 THE BEAUTIFUL LADDER. 
Lord shall utter his voice before his army; for 
his camp is very great; for he is strong that 
executeth his word; for the day of the Lord is 
great and very terrible; and who can abide it ?’ 
“ In this extract it is seen that language, even 
under the impulse of inspiration, labors to set 
forth in proper terrors the judgment that Jeho¬ 
vah can execute by the use of these feeble in¬ 
sects ; and he must be a dull pupil who fails to 
comprehend the great moral lesson. Singly, 
the locust is but a ' feeble folkbut when 
chosen by Jehovah as his army of vengeance, 
invested with omnipotence, and marshalled by 
the Almighty One himself, verily, ‘ Who can 
abide it?’ 
“ Certainly, this aspect of insect life will show 
that God can use the most insignificant thing to 
embody the grandest and most awful of his at¬ 
tributes. If man is so brutish as not to recog¬ 
nize the wonders of his hand in structural forms 
and gracious adaptations, he can arouse him 
from his dulness by showing through the ne¬ 
glected and misunderstood work the guilt of 
his insensibility. 
“ The locusts, like all the creations of God, 
have a benevolent end to serve. In many parts 
