The East's Fearful Heat by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Jul 25, 1911

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 38, No. 29.

The East's Fearful Heat

By Editor

The East has been undergoing a fearful siege of heat, as we noted in our last; and at this writing the hot blanket, so to speak, still remains. Hundreds have either died or have been so affected as to mean death, and very many more have been prostrated by the fearful heat. Multitudes go out of New York City to the sands of the seashore to sleep, finding some relief on the wet, cool sand. 400,000, it is said, went to Coney Island, and 175,000 to Staten Island. These sufferings ought to call to mind the prophecy of Revelation 16, of the time when the sun will be given power "to scorch men with fire." We are sure that many in the East are willing to believe that the time is here already, but this is not a circumstance compared with what that will be.