Earthquakes in Germany and Switzerland.
By Editor
A recent despatch from Berlin says: "The frequent occurrence of earthquakes in South Germany and Switzerland for a month or more is causing much discussion among German scientists. They hold that these almost daily shocks have a common origin, which they assumed to be structural displacements far beneath the surface of the earth, similar to what must have accompanied the upheaval of the Alps." When a person in his sober moments considers what such scientists are saying, he must admit that it is all pure speculation. There is a field in which many men are doing valuable work because they are working on true scientific lines. But there is another class of men who are spending their time in speculations that are manifestly absurd. And if all classes would recognize the fact that there is the most definite scientific accuracy in the prophecies and general teaching of the Bible, they would not be left to speculate on these things, but would know what they are talking about. There are many who complain that the teaching of the doctrine of the second coming of Christ has a tendency to terrify people. But it seems much more consoling to us to think of the Lord coming to take us away from the evils of this world than to have to be in the constant fear that the tremors of the earth in Germany and Switzerland may result in throwing up another range of mountains like the Alps. We will have fearful things in nature, and they will come more and more as time goes on; but every one who knows the meaning of it all, will have no fears, for the reason that he knows what it means.