Another Great Prophecy Fulfilled — Page 13
13 show "that the earthquake would precede the floods. -·But this does not mean that the two woul~ be separate calamities. Their mention with each other in the same prophecy cleaJ;"ly shows that, though corning one after the other, they would not be separated from each other by any interval, and that they would both in fact form but a single calamity. And as everyone knows this is exactly what has happened in the earthquake that shook and convulsed Bihar on the 15th of Janl'lary last. First, there came the earthquake which shook the earth so terribly that huge fissures and cracks appear- ed in the ground. As a result of these openings, water gushed out with great force and inundated the land for miles and miles around, until the whole countryside looked like one vast sea. The well-known English daily of India, The Statesman, referring to this feature of the situation in its issue of January 18, says : "When the earthquake came large fissures appeared in the ground and water spouted out everywhere and spread until the wh:>le district is at least five feet under water. " Similarly, describing the effects of the earthquake, the daily Zatnindar of Lahore, in its issue dated January 25, writes : " In many places the ground has cracked and yawned open with the result that large springs of water gushing out of the earth have inundated the whole landscape. The entire town is under water and presents the appearance of a vast surging sea. " · In addition to the waters gushing out of the earth, soon after the earthquake torrential rains fell, so that the earth- quake, the deluges of the earth, and the deluges of the heaven, all three combined their forces and presented a terrible spectacle of God's punishment. Again the words of the Promised Messiah's prophecy that " in the courtyards of the houses shall run rivers~of water and then shall follow earthquakes" (lf aqiqat-ul- Wahy pa~e. ?64) Q!l-ve al~o met witQ ~ liter~l fulfil·