LEARN FROM THE BEE TO SIIUN EVIL. 73 
and highly-flavored honey. She loves, also, the 
apple-blossom, the flower of the apricot, the peach, 
the plum, the cherry, and many others. The 
white clover, however, yields honey in greatest 
abundance, and the bee will seldom leave this for 
any other plant. 
What a beautiful lesson does the bee teach us 
in seeking all that is good and shunning evil, and 
how does the little insect illustrate the Scripture 
precept, “Enter not into the path of the wicked, 
and go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, 
pass not by it, turn from it and pass away.” Shall 
we not be as wise as the bee ? Shall we not say 
with the Psalmist, “ Blessed is the man that walk- 
eth not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor sitteth 
in the seat of the scornful.” How, too, should we 
seek for those true riches of God which are more 
to be desired than gold, which are “ sweeter than 
honey and the lioney-eomb.” Thus receiving 
God’s teachings and learning his will, we can say 
with sincerity, “ How sweet are thy words unto 
my taste 1 yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth.” 
The bee gathers the honey with the curiously- 
formed tongue which has already been described. 
