Elder M. W. Pratt's Witness of the Cyclone-Preserved Bible

“A letter was recently published in the Bear Lake Democrat, from Elder M. W. Pratt, who is laboring as a missionary in Indiana, in which he says “a cyclone passed through this State near where two of our Elders were laboring ; it tore down a church and scattered contents promiscuously around. The church Bible was found at some distance from the building, lying on a fence post and opened at the 24th chapter of Matthew.” [A rather significant chapter! The reader will do well to turn to that, and see what the Savior says about the signs of His coming.] Elder Pratt adds; It is the first time that I ever heard of a cyclone carrying a Bible to preach from, and giving references to chapter and verse to prove its calling and authority to tear down false churches, or the devil’s cradles, in which he rocks sinners to sleep and leads them quietly down to hell. — Millennial Star 45:32”