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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.—
Manuscript 35, 1906
.
[28]
To Arouse the People—While at Loma Linda, California, 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. 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.
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 by 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
(1909).
[29]
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