Page 21 - 11 The Voice of a Mighty Angel

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.

that overshadowed the message. As the time

for what was supposed to be the second

advent, but which in reality meant the

beginning of the investigative judgment, drew

near, there was a searching of the prophecies

such as had never been before. Then, when the

spring of 1844 came and passed, and no

Saviour had appeared, there was not only

heart searching, but deeper, more intense

study of the Word. The delay could not at first

be understood; but soon it was seen that the

decree of Artaxerxes, in 457 b. c., from which

the two thousand three hundred days were

reckoned, did not take effect until the year was

half gone. This extended the prophetic period

from the spring to the autumn of 1844. The joy