Page 17 - 22 The Glories of the New Jerusalem

THE STORY OF THE SEER OF PATMOS

Stephen N. Haskell

“Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at
hand” Revelation 22:10.

the story of joy and peace in the Lord. The

eleventh is the purple of royalty, crowned

with the purity of the amethyst.” The

foundation, composed entirely of precious

stones, is beautiful beyond description; but

besides this, it is ornamented, or garnished,

with all manner of precious stones.

Stones have voices, although they speak in

tones seldom heard by men. Christ told His

disciples that if men held their peace, the very

stones would cry out. The story which they tell

is the old, old story; and as they form the walls

of the New Jerusalem, and the glory of Christ

and the Father shines on them, they will not

meet the eye with a dull, lusterless surface, but

with a glory known only in the purity of a

spiritual world. Inanimate nature partook of