Earlier text: Central AmericaEarthquakes and Bible Prophecy
The following despatch comes from Madrid, Spain, under date of November 7: "A violent earthquake has occurred at Torre la Ribera, in the province of Heusca. The earth opened, leaving great fissures, the disturbance being accompanied by subterranean rumblings, which caused a panic among the population. Many houses were shaken down. The number of lives lost is not known, but it is said great loss of life occurred." This earthquake comes very soon after the one in Russia that was immediately followed by the big landslide that buried a village in which, according to the latest advices, 3,400 perished, only seventy of the inhabitants being able to escape. Any one who reads the papers knows that these disturbances in nature are becoming more and more frequent and destructive. And any one who reads the Bible and intelligently studies its prophecies knows what these things mean. Have you been studying the Book of books in order that you might know? Continuous Prohibition of the Liquor Traffic
By Editor
An ordinance for the closing of the saloons on Sunday has recently been very strongly advocated and urged in Stockton, Cal., but was defeated by an adverse vote of the city council. The advocates of the measure say that they will make it an issue in the next municipal election. And incidentally it is stated that the leader of the movement is about to take his stand for total prohibition on all days of the week. This is the correct ground to stand on. This paper believes in and advocates the prohibition of the liquor traffic. It is the greatest curse of all the ages. But in order for prohibition to be effectual it must be continuous. It must not be confined to some particular day of the week. A Synopsis of Present Truth
"A Synopsis of Present Truth" is the title of the "Sabbath-School Quarterly" for January, 1908. It is now printed and ready to mail. The price is five cents per copy. Please place your orders early with your state tract society, or nearest publishing house. There are still a few copies of the October "Quarterly," on the same general topic of "Present Truth." Price, five cents. Address this office. The Hague Conference and Peace
Secretary Root says of The Hague Conference, "All was accomplished that I expected to see accomplished." And so we feel. That was practically nothing in the way of peace.