Earthquakes in California
The San Francisco Chronicle says that "several deaths occurred as the result of the recent earthquake in Southern California." It further adds that "it had been many years since any life was lost from earthquake in California, or any serious injury done to property." Then follows a list of casualties from lightning and other storms in the East, and these are set over against the small number killed by earthquake in California; and the conclusion is drawn that, "upon the whole, California seems to be about the safest place there is." But this delusion is to be dispelled; for the Word of God particularly mentions earthquakes as among the disturbances that will fill the world with terrors in these last days. Earthquakes in California are not to be brushed aside in so easy a manner. When God has spoken upon a subject, it is well for mankind to stop speculating and carefully consider what He says.