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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.

to hide the everlasting Gospel beneath a flood

of false worship; and thus through all time and

all powers, the Gospel of Jesus Christ has been

trampled down, and man alone exalted. Christ

put in a new setting, the truths which had been

made known by prophets and typified by the

Jewish services. Even as a child of twelve, in

the presence of the learned doctors in the

temple, the questions He asked, flashed new

light upon Scriptures often used by those

teachers of the Jewish nation. False doctrines

had been introduced, and the traditions of

men had been accepted by the world until the

everlasting Gospel was unknown.

The sixteenth century Reformation was a

revival of truth. Ministers and teachers saw

light and beauty in the Scriptures. Again the