God's Judgments | AdventAI

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 22, 1874

God's Judgments.

THE Christian Statesman of Sept. 12, 1874, thus speaks of the calamities that have been, and are still, afflicting the land:—

“Destructive forest fires are raging in New Jersey, and in the vicinity of Newburgh, New York. The eastern part of the country is suffering from a protracted drought. The water supply of Philadelphia is greatly reduced; the play of fountains has been stopped, and the utmost economy in the use of water, and caution in avoiding fire, have been enjoined on the citizens. The late crops are impaired, and the price of food has risen in consequence. The business portions of Russellville, Kentucky, and Greenville, Mississippi, are reported to have been destroyed by fire. Thoughtful men will see in all this, continued evidence of God’s displeasure with the nation. It is not without cause that he ‘stays the bottles of heaven, when the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together.’”