A LITTLE before midnight on April 14 (Mexican time), there occurred another great earthquake. This time it was in old Mexico, and shook all the southern part of the country violently. The shock lasted for about four minutes, and was so severe that it was recorded by all the seismographs in the world.
The seismograph record given on this page was made at the University of California, and while the heavy shock lasted for only about four minutes, the California instrument showed that the trembling kept up for thirty-five minutes.
Shocks are still being felt at intervals, and the inhabitants are in terror, their superstitions greatly augmenting their feelings. Some of the latest despatches report a number of volcanoes in South America in strong action.
A large number have been killed and wounded, but only guesses as to the exact number can be had at the present writing. Several good-sized towns have been completely destroyed, as noted in our map herewith.
This is the fourth disastrous and destructive earthquake within the past year. The great earthquake of San Francisco occurred on April 18, a year ago, and then followed the great temblor of Chile, and then Jamaica, and now we have what is, perhaps, the severest one of all in Southern Mexico.
"From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, wo unto me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously. Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth. And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare; for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake. The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly. The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again." Isa. 24: 16-20.
A simple reading of the foregoing statement from the prophet shows that he is having his vision directed to a time of prevailing "treacherous dealing," iniquity, and sin. And in connection with it "the foundations of the earth do shake," and the "earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard." The crimes and frauds that are being uncovered in all parts of the world, together with these mighty shakings of the earth, are certainly meeting the specifications of this prophecy. And the Scriptures teach that these conditions will continue to grow worse and worse till the end of time. The occurrences that are so striking in these days are among the sure signs by which we are to know that the end of all things is right at hand. If you are not ready for the issue you have no time to lose.
Results of Earthquake on Theater Victoria.
The Shocks Being Felt in Europe.
On April 17, just a little more than two days after the big earthquake in Mexico, and while the earth there is still trembling, four distinct shocks were felt at Tortosa, a fortified town of Spain, at Murcia, once the capital of the Moorish kingdom, at Constantinople, and also at Askhabad, one of the most active commercial centers of the Russian Trans-Caspian territory. In several places buildings of the most solid sort collapsed. The scientific men say that this shaking up of Europe is due to the readjustment of the earth's crust after the earthquake in Mexico. It may be true that their conjecture is correct. But only the individual who is watching these things thru the light from the prophets can get the correct understanding of the meaning of them. The Bible makes the whole subject as plain as daylight. Why not study it and be in possession of the real facts.
