be. We can judge the future by the past. God has been severe as well as merciful. When God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, he said, “I will destroy man whom I have created.” “But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.” Gen. 6:5-8. The Almighty had faithfully warned the people that his Spirit would not always strive with them. Gen. 6:3. They failed, however, to heed the awful warnings. No doubt they said as scoffers say to-day “God is too good, too merciful, ever to destroy