During an earthquake that occurred a few years since, the inhabitants of a small village were generally very much alarmed, but they were at the same time surprised at the calmness and apparent joy of an old lady whom they all knew. At length one of them, addressing the old lady, said: 'Mother, are you not afraid?' 'No,' said the mother in Israel; 'I rejoice to know that I have a God 1hai can shake the world.'