Rain in California

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Oct 22, 1885

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 11, No. 40.

Rain in California.

THERE has been some rain in many sections in California during the past week. It has given nature an improved appearance. The profusion of flowers now out and putting out in the yards in this city must attract the attention of strangers at this time of year. It seems as if every heart should readily praise God for his goodness, in such a land as this. But nature's bounties cannot subdue the carnal mind. "Only the blood of Jesus" can accomplish this. And the heart sanctified by the grace of God through Christ can rejoice and sing praises on a barren coast, or amid the snows of the mountains. We know this to be the truth, and it is far more satisfying to the soul than all the theories of science or the fallacies of infidelity. They to whom it is "foolishness" are to be pitied, though the treasures and pleasures of this "present world" may be showered upon them.