Excerpt from Earthquake Blessings Handicapped in life's morning by an accident, crushing the 'chest, leaving him a slight frame, stooped shoulders and the asthma; yet always carrying his end of the load and more; given up to die by physicians more than thirty years ago, who stated he had no more than forty-eight hours to live; pleading with his God, -whom he loved and served, that his life might be spared for the sake of his family; receiving assurance his petition was granted; fighting his way back to usual strength; always industrious, frugal and unselfish, always short of breath, always patient, cheerful and hopeful; always praying, always poor. Today at seventy-three, bright of eye, light of step; his heart fresh, merry and tender as a boy, a most unconquerable one hundred-pound man - his life a most unanswerable argument against skepticism. Poor in pocket as always, yet rich beyond any dream of avarice, and all computation, in faith, in charity, and in hope of everlasting life. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.