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Earthquake Date: 1740 A.D.

Earthquake at Palermo, which swallowed up a convent; but the monks escaped.


“What a blessed condition is a true believer in! When he dies, he goes to God; and while he lives, everything shall do him good. Affliction is for his good. What hurt does the fire to the gold? It only purifies it.”
–Thomas Watson, A Divine Cordial