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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.
“Jehovah is my strength and my song; He also
is become my salvation. Therefore with joy
shall ye draw water out of the wells of
salvation.” These words will again be sung by
those who are preserved in the time of the
third plague. Those who have exchanged life
for death, will see the rivers turned to blood,-
a type of the blood of Christ, which they have
spurned; and the lives of saints which they
have lightly regarded.
Heaven is bending near the earth, even
through its time of trouble; and angels, having
watched the workings of evil, uphold the
purpose of God, and pronounce His judgments
true and righteous. The sun, which has shone
alike upon the just and the unjust, which, in its
very beams, is a reflection of the smile of God,