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PLANTS AND INSECTS 
Sweet and swiftly understood, 
Earth is singing, “God is good.” 
Hear the bee’s incessant hum 
From the heathery moorlands come; 
West winds kiss the waving grass, 
Sighing softly as they pass; 
Light and low, their gentle breeze 
Whispers through leaf-laden trees; 
While above, in blithest mood, 
Birdies warble, “God is good.” 
How the sunbeams gleam and glow, 
Where fast-ripening fruit-trees grow! 
In the meadows reapers gay 
Cut and toss the fragrant hay; 
Harvest-days will soon be here; 
Corn is waving far and near, 
Grown to give us strengthening food, 
Proving still that “God is good.” 
Nature’s sweetest summer strain, 
Many voices, one refrain. 
Let us too in grateful song 
Join this chorus, sweet and strong; 
While the birds and trees and flowers 
Fill with praise the golden hours, 
Children, don’t you think we should 
Echo with them, “God is good”? 
— Selected. 
A DILIGENT WORKER 
VTOU know what it means to be at the head of your class, do you not? 
* I want to tell you of a diligent little worker that stands at the head 
of his class. He belongs to the insect class. His name is Bee. He ex¬ 
cels all other insects in building and social abilities, in organization, 
and in intelligence. There are about five thousand kinds of bees, the 
most important of which is the honey-bee. In southern Asia there 
are many wild species. Some build comb about the size of a man’s 
