A Lesson from the Heat

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Aug 20, 1896

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 22, No. 33.

A Lesson from the Heat

ONE of the judgments which is to come upon the world in the last days on account of its sin is thus stated by the prophet: “And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire. And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues; and they repented not to give him glory.” Rev. 16:8, 9. That time is not yet; but the heat record throughout the east for the last two weeks, estimating the number of deaths to be over one thousand, gives somewhat of an idea of how it may be when God withdraws his Spirit from the world and men are left to the effects of the sin they have chosen. There may be repentance now; let us heed the lesson.