G. W. A by G. W. A.

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 20, 1874

G. W. A

By G. W. A.

Famines.

THE Scriptures foretell that famine is one of the awful signs of the end. See Matt. 24:7; Mark 13:8; Luke 21:11. Bearing on this point, is the following editorial paragraph from the Maine State Press of Jan. 8, 1874:—

Advices from India state that at least three million people there must be fed by the British Government to prevent their starvation, and England is considering the raising of a famine loan of $50,000,000. There are others, including the correspondents of the London Times, who estimate that from ten to twenty of the sixty millions of people in India will perish from hunger if generous aid is not provided to neutralize the threatened horrors of an almost general famine.

It might also be added that a famine is now raging in the five Russian Districts in the province of Samara, on the banks of the Volga.