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have come to San Francisco [earthquake and fire of April 18, 1906]
and to the office in Mountain View. Let them consider and take heed.
Let everyone engaged in the work examine his individual standing
before God....
To the [Pacific Press] workers in Mountain View I am bidden to say:
Let everyone stand clear from the impenitence that brought destruction
upon San Francisco. Be faithful in ridding your individual self of all
the sins that marked the inhabitants of that doomed city. You need not
try to forget that the judgments of God will soon fall upon all that are
ungodly. None will then have the opportunity that you now have of
gaining a preparation for the future, immortal life.—
Manuscript 85,
1906
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Calamity Not Always Retribution—When calamity comes, un-
less the Lord indicates plainly that this calamity is sent as a punishment
of those who are departing from the word of His counsel; unless He
reveals that it has come as a retribution for the sins of the workers, let
every man refrain from criticism. Let us be careful not to reproach
anyone.—
The Review and Herald, August 16, 1906
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