There are reasons why we should not build in the cities. On these cities, God's judgments are soon to fall.—Letter 158, 1902. CL 8.2
The time is near when large cities will be swept away, and all should be warned of these coming judgments.—Evangelism, 29 (1910). CL 8.3
O that God's people had a sense of the impending destruction of thousands of cities, now almost given to idolatry.—The Review and Herald, September 10, 1903. CL 8.4