| Show biz K atone STONE AND axi uhe THE SAN SAK JOSE men xen OX ON earthquakes in ina lna a lato late lato san francisco the nev nov rev kev dr stone calo calm called tho the late lato earthquake a visit from god he lie said gme wo cannot be wrong now if wo we call this tet yet a visit from god it is not a mere more natural r phenon phonon emon nemon in the sense of including i only an obed obedience lenco ienco to natural law and excluding a special divine purpose the effect of it god has haa designed ohl ohi he would bo recognized I 1 he would bo be feared ho lb would bo be heid held in reverence revere revore noo nce ho he would woul d read back this community and all this poo yle yie from goodlin ess to godliness 11 the san jose mercury docs does not like dr tones I 1 sway way of putting it it thinks it was mom MOT a lisit of god hear what it bays says tho the idea that god takes such methods of tightening people people into goodness destroying lag ing millions of 0 dollars worth of property pro A aj set tzi even exempting the houses erected and yd tod toa to his worship presupposes a idge urge amount of credulity on the part of by T stones hearers if they accept this view tho the caso if his theory is correct why is ft that god confines this method of adi adf adamo mo albion to certain localities of the earths sur socially along ong t tho the 0 m mineral nora nera beime bolte ts and to 14 regions ons sub subject oct to vol voi volcanoes s tho the 0 people peonie pie nie atho r cities of 0 new york london lond lend or paris S aro surely quite as ungodly un yams bams as those t 0 of 0 san ban francisco kran Iran I 1 cisco isco and yet we never heard card it d of ula hia forcing 9 them to think of him by any such ine inc moans lans ians wo we find the effects of the recent earthquake in san francisco much more disastrous in the regions of the made lands along the city front than where the foundations am are solid in fact buildings WE properly ro erected upon firm foundations wholly 0 y es elded injury accepting dr stones theoary that the earthquake was a visit of god wo we am are forced to the conclusion that god G od was waa partial I 1 in his visitation or else that the of the made lands were much more ruy than their neighbors upon grimoro anoro kouki 3 foundations c two lwe can agree to a certain ext extent eill with koth hoth dr stone and the mercury yet wo we hold thal that the view of each is too circumscribed eo to grupposo rup poso that earthquakes and similar visitations should bo be regarded aa as evidences evi evl donces doncea displeasure only and as independent ht of natural laws we think is but a nu nut t view of gods works and his dealing with his tria creatures while to regard them ehm as natural phenomena wo regard aa as asing ing to the opposite extreme this ThI iatter latter low biow view yiew too is calculated to do far more harm ghan than an the one enunciated by dr stone it ignores and donies denies BO so far as it goes the in of god in the affairs of tho the world d and its inhabitants and is one of the groat great causes of that practical infidelity and disregard to the creators laws now so 50 prevalent earthquakes are undoubtedly natural phenomena and governed by natural laws aud and certain localities localities are more liable to their visits than others yet they have been used by tho the lord to admonish people and to manifest his displeasure at their conduct we aro are told by writers in the now testament that at the death of jesus there thero were three hours of darkness and an earthquake which rent the vail vall of the tem two htow gow those these phenomena were brought about gor for a special purpose by the exercise of eods sods power and yet were in accordance with and in obedience to natural laws men aro are too apt to separate god and nature and to talk as though they acted inde the religion lit and the philosopher often wander into a maze of absurdities nature and natures works are but the power of god manifested in certain channels and this is dually true whether seen been in the beautiful flower and the genial shower or in the aw lully devast devastating aUng earthquake and when men generally have learned this truth they will TM bo be in a fair way of learning to acknowledge the hand of god in all things which Bs HV requires and without which H has said aone can please him |
