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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.

living seed was sown, and Protestantism, was

seen to be trees of the Lord’s own planting.

But scarcely had the living trees begun to yield

fruit, when they were encircled by a parasitic

vine. It crept round and round until its

branches took the form of the growing tree. It

spread its green leaves to the air until passers-

by admired the foliage, but the tree had been

choked to death, and stood a mere support for

a stolen life. When this vine of error was

steadily growing about Protestantism,

especially in America, the angel flew in the

midst of heaven, proclaiming the everlasting

Gospel. Men, startled by the proclamation that

time was about to close, turned to the Word of

God for truth. The book of Daniel was studied

as never before in the history of the world. The