Peru. Ecuador. and Chile were largely devastated by a violent earthquake, which destroyed several large cities along the coast. It as reported that between 30,000 and 60,000 people lost their lives.
“The meanest and most contemptible person whom we behold is the offspring of heaven, one of the children of the Most High; and, however unworthily he may behave, so long as God hath not passed on him a final sentence, He will have us acknowledge him as one of His; and, as such, to embrace him with a sincere and cordial affection.”
–Henry Scougal, The Life of God in the Soul of Man