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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jun 21, 1899

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 25, No. 25.

Power to Scorch Men with Fire

By Editor

"Power" "to Scorch Men with Fire."—This we are told will be given to the sun in the fourth plague, Rev. 16:8. That vial of wrath is not yet poured out, but the power of the sun's heat is evident. Eastern cities never before experienced such weather in June. At 8 A.M. June 7 the thermometer stood at 83° in New York. The day before there were forty-three prostrations from the heat and ten deaths. In Chicago there were three deaths. In six days in June there were twenty-five deaths reported from heat effects in New York and vicinity. Ten of these were females. Much of this is owing to intemperate habits. Plague and pestilence generally sweep off the gross livers. The lesson is, live cleanly, temperately, and with a clear conscience.