CALAMITIES AND RELIGION
TO THE EDITOB OF THE PRESS. Sir,— Calamity has two effects: it is either a softener or makes hard the heart of man towards his Creator. Calamities, such as "Curious" mentions, are not always in the course of nature. He-who upholdeth all things by. the word of His power has smitten different sections of the world in time past for a special purpose. The Bible records are many: the plagues or Egypt, the days of Noah, the earthquake while the Lord hung on the crpss. Again, when two were put in prison for Christ's sake, He sent an earthquake on that occasion, and air the doors were opened. The Holy Scriptures also record the prayer of a righteous- man. and the result' it had on the course of nature. If Spain were smitten by some plague, this could be God's doing; He could also spare the innocent: In Russia, also, God could send a famine, and teach her not to play the fool. Stamp out Christianity! Russia will never doit. —Yours, etc., EGLON SERCOMBE. January 8. 1937.
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Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 21987, 11 January 1937, Page 4
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