Page 22 - 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.

of those who longed to see their Lord

increased.

The message was, “It shall make thy belly

bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as

honey.” They had tasted the sweetness of the

message. The world never before witnessed

such manifestations of brotherly love, such

sacrifice and such devotion. The autumn of

1844 came and went, and the intensity of the

disappointment was beyond description. No

earthly inducement ever seemed so sweet as

the message of His coming; no

disappointment was ever so bitter as that

experienced by the believers in the second

coming of Christ. The disciples, weeping at the

tomb over a crucified Saviour, seemed to drain

the cup of bitterness, but a potion no less