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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.

the rising queen; she, too, was seated upon

seven hills; but finally, the rise of

Mohammedanism in the East so occupied the

eastern division of the empire that Rome was

quite unmolested in her ambitious designs.

The invasion of the West by the barbarians of

the North, extended the power, and increased

the wealth and influence of Rome.

There, barbarians, “after being satiated with

blood and plunder, lowered their reeking

swords before the intellectual power that met

them face to face; recently converted to

Christianity, ignorant of the spiritual

character of the church, and feeling the want

of a certain external pomp in religion, they

prostrated themselves, half savage and half

heathen as they were, at the feet of the high