The Destruction of Cities
By G. C. Hoskin
IN the issue of the San Francisco Examiner of Sunday, May 17, in great scareheads, a reporter sought to create a sensation by declaring that New York and Boston were going into the ocean. He brought forth research to support his story. We are not concerned in regard to the authenticity of the report or research, or the effect this particular story will have upon these great Eastern cities; but we do most emphatically assert that there is reason for concern, not alone in New York and Boston, but also in San Francisco. Such predictions are not new to the student of Bible prophecy, and do not startle him. Nearly eighteen hundred years ago, through the inspiration of the Spirit of God, this was set in a word-picture for us. You will find it in the sixteenth chapter of Revelation, verses 17-21. Get your Bible and read it. There the final destruction of this world, at the coming of Christ our Saviour, is clearly portrayed. No Atlantic coast cities are excepted, neither are those on the Pacific, and it includes Chicago. In fact, the entire earth, with its millions of unprepared human beings, will share alike.413 The author of the Sunday morning story sets no early date for the occurrence, but the divine Word says it will come in the present generation of men. You smile at the Sunday story. You may smile at the Bible prediction, but smiles will not delay the event. It is coming, just as surely as every other prediction of the word of God has met its fulfilment. It will be here right on time.