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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.

CHAPTER IV. THE MESSAGE TO THE

CHURCHES - Philadelphia

The Saviour, walking in the church of Sardis,

found a few whose garments were undefiled.

They were those in whom life remained after

the body was dead; and to these the call came

to separate from the lifeless form, that their

own life might be saved. The message of the

soon coming of Christ was a universal

message. It offered an opportunity to all to

repent, and as many as believed, took up the

cry with the enthusiasm which characterized

the Apostolic Church. They were experiencing

their “first love,” and those who welcomed

Christ were bound together with a love

surpassing that of Jonathan for David. The

oneness of spirit which Christ prayed might be