Call to Leave the Cities
9
Pleasure resorts, theaters, hotels, and the homes of the wealthy were
shaken and shattered. Many lives were blotted out of existence, and
the air was filled with the shrieks of the injured and the terrified.
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The destroying angels of God were at work. One touch, and
buildings so thoroughly constructed that men regarded them as secure
against every danger, quickly became heaps of rubbish. There was no
assurance of safety in any place. I did not feel in any special peril, but
the awfulness of the scenes that passed before me I cannot find words
to describe. It seemed that the forbearance of God was exhausted, and
that the judgment day had come.
The angel that stood at my side then instructed me that but few
have any conception of the wickedness existing in our world today,
and especially the wickedness in the large cities. He declared that the
Lord has appointed a time when He will visit transgressors in wrath
for persistent disregard of His law.
Terrible as was the representation that passed before me, that which
impressed itself most vividly upon my mind was the instruction given
in connection with it. The angel that stood by my side declared that
God’s supreme rulership, and the sacredness of His law, must be
revealed to those who persistently refuse to render obedience to the
King of kings. Those who choose to remain disloyal, must be visited in
mercy with judgments, in order that, if possible, they may be aroused
to a realization of the sinfulness of their course.—
Testimonies for the
Church 9:92, 93
(1909).
Peril to Those Who Remain Unnecessarily
In harmony with the light given me, I am urging people to come
out from the great centers of population. Our cities are increasing
in wickedness, and it is becoming more and more evident that those
who remain in them unnecessarily do so at the peril of their soul’s
salvation.—
Manuscript 115, 1907
.