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a time. But if men who have been deceived continue in the same way
in which they have been walking, disregarding the law of God, and
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presenting falsehoods before the people, God allows them to suffer
calamity, that their senses may be awakened.
The Lord will not suddenly cast off all transgressors, or destroy
entire nations; but He will punish cities and places where men have
given themselves up to the possession of Satanic agencies. Strictly
will the cities of the nations be dealt with, and yet they will not be
visited in the extreme of God’s indignation, because some souls will
yet break away from the delusions of the enemy, and will repent and
be converted, while the mass will be treasuring up wrath against the
day of wrath.—
Evangelism, 27
(1906).
Imminence of God’s Judgments
There are reasons why we should not build in the cities. On these
cities, God’s judgments are soon to fall.—
Letter 158, 1902
.
The time is near when large cities will be swept away, and all
should be warned of these coming judgments.—
Evangelism, 29
(1910).
O that God’s people had a sense of the impending destruction of
thousands of cities, now almost given to idolatry.—
The Review and
Herald, September 10, 1903
.
A View of Great Destruction
Last Friday morning, just before I awoke, a very impressive scene
was presented before me. I seemed to awake from sleep, but was not
in my home. From the windows I could behold a terrible conflagration.
Great balls of fire were falling upon houses, and from these balls fiery
arrows were flying in every direction. It was impossible to check the
fires that were kindled, and many places were being destroyed. The
terror of the people was indescribable.—
Evangelism, 29
(1906).
God’s Efforts to Arouse the People
While at Loma Linda, Calif., April 16, 1906, there passed before
me a most wonderful representation. During a vision of the night, I
stood on an eminence, from which I could see houses shaken like a
reed in the wind. Buildings, great and small, were falling to the ground.