Another Great Prophecy Fulfilled — Page 11
11 a re-assuring spectaCle when we come· -to examiri~ it. We see on all sides evidence of a frightful St. Vitus'. s dance in -pre- historic times, and also of a tendency of things that happened in a remote past to come again. In the days when earth- quakes, of which any news was received, were few and volcanoes were all well-behaved except in very outlandish places, we flattered ourselves that the earth had become a very safe place of residence when ordinary precautions were taken. Now we know that it is extremely unsafe. If there were only a way of moving ourselves and chattels to a more stable planet, the rents on this one would go down with a run. It is unfortunate that we cannot change our lodgings. " In short, soon after God's revelation to the Promised Messiah regarding seismic shocks, earthquakes began, in his very lifetime, toaffi. ict different parts of the world, some of them being -extremely destructive in their effects ; others equally severe have happened since his death, as those occuring in Italy, in Japan, and in China, while there are others that are still to come hereafter. But as to when they will exactly happen and how dest_ructive they will be, God only knows. Special Features of the Bihar Earthqua. ke But of all the earthquakes that have so far happened in fulfilment o. f the Promised Messiah's prophecies, the most dis- asterous and. devastating in its effects is the one that bas just occurred on the 15th of January last. It has w_rought un- paralleled havoc in Bihar and Orissa, in the Nepal State, an_d in parts of Bengal. The prophecies as well as the dreams of the Promised Messiah teem with references to this earthquake, and they are as clear and unmistakable as are those that relate to the earthquake of 1905, occuring in North-west India. The former are, in fact, even more explicit, more specific, and contain more detailed description of the tragedy than do the latter, so much so, indeed, that it seems as if God's own unerring finger were pointing towards it. Among these numerous indications the following five points stand out clearly and they deserve to be particularly no. ted : 1 The earthquake would be particularly devastatin~ a-n4 clestrqctive in its eff'ect". · · -