p. 151 | The Plague of Locusts

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Michigan · Oct 10, 1865

The Plague of Locusts.

THE desolation caused in Palestine and Syria by enormous swarms of locusts, exceeds any thing that has been known there for centuries. In April, large dark clouds appeared, which coming down, proved to be locusts, so great in number that the land was covered. They buried themselves in the ground, and deposited their eggs, which the Arabs destroyed in incredible numbers, but to very little effect. About the middle of May small black heaps were observed accumulating, and in a few days they began their desolating march in regular lines, like an army. They consumed the plantations, and entering towns and villages, destroyed the victuals, defying all human efforts to resist or stay their progress. The growing fruits have been destroyed, and hardly a green thing is to be seen in the richest portion of the country, causing great suffering all over the land.