Philip Blake is a prideful, successful business man. He and his sister, Jennie, make friends with Marjorie Trent, but upon learning that Marjorie is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, they cut off their friendship. Philip and Jennie later move to San Francisco where they are caught in an earthquake and lose all their money. Philip learns to be humble, and his life is saved by a loaf of bread made by Marjorie, after which he and Jennie reunite with her.