Preserved from Fire by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · May 20, 1897

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 23, No. 20.

Preserved from Fire

By Editor

ONCE again the good hand of the Lord has been over us in preserving us from fire. That is, we have seen his goodness. The many unseen evidences of his care we can not number. Eternity alone will reveal them. What we refer to now is an incident which occurred last Monday. Fire broke out in one of our dwellings immediately connected with our office, shortly after a $30,000 fire in another part of the city. Circumstances were favorable for a fire which would have burned the whole block, but Providence made circumstances favorable to the office hands, who, by faithful, active work, had it practically under control when the city fire companies arrived. Damages were less than $100. A number of years ago fire broke out in the office in some mysterious way in the night, burned a hole in the dry woodwork of the wall, and went out, no human being knowing of the matter till the next morning. Who put it out?—We believe that it was the good hand of Providence, the same that saved us from a disastrous fire Monday last. And to the Lord we ascribe all the praise that our office and plant and church, and thousands of dollars worth of publications, are not now in ashes.