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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.

became the capital of the Jewish nation, the

promise was given that should Israel adhere

to the commandments of God, Jerusalem

would become an everlasting city. But the

conditions were unheeded, and that city,

which in the days of Solomon, was raised to

the highest pinnacle of fame as the capital of

the world, has been degraded, desecrated and

burned, until to-day the very ground about it

seems unable to support life; and the city itself

is in the hands of the Mohammedans, the

smoke of the bottomless pit. Here the Prince

of heaven was crucified; here, on the site of the

cross, He will at last erect His throne.

If the plan of God had been followed, the

Garden of Eden would have become the center

of the city of God. That plan failed; and the