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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.



               “Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly,


               and will fight against them with the sword of



               my  mouth,”  which  is  the  two-edged  sword.


               From  the  midst  of  the  church,  which  fell


               because  of  its  union  with  the  State,  God


               separated,  by  His  Spirit,  a  little  company


               whose  history  may  be  read  in  a  part  of  the


               message sent to the church of Thyatira.



               God calls to each church, no matter how low


               the ebb of spirituality, and those who have an


               ear  turned  heavenward,  hear.  “To  him  that


               overcometh  will  I  give  to  eat  of  the  hidden


               manna, and will give him a white stone, and in


               the stone a new name written, which no man


               knoweth saving he that receiveth it.” As  the


               sins of the church of Pergamos are given in the


               form  of  a  parable,  so  the  blessings  to  the
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