Dan Smith was a missionary to China beginning his service in the 1930s. After recounting several stories about deliverance from poisonous snakes while on the mission field, he said this:
"All stories of snakes aptly tell something of the character of Satan, who is spoken of in scripture as, "that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan" (Rev. 20:2). He wriggles his way into every place. He is a master of disguise and deceit. His power is mighty and malignant. His fangs reach far and strike with lightening speed. Its poison is fatal. But his head was bruised by the Son of God, according to the first word addressed to him by God after his striking our first parents, that the Seed of the woman (Christ) "shall bruise thy head." We can take comfort, then, and have courage. The sure sentence of God has doomed the Devil to final destruction. He will attack, threaten, and affright, but the Lord is our Shield and Defender."
~Pilgrim of the Heavenly Way, The Autobiography of Daniel Smith
