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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.
“The first angel sounded, and there followed
hail and fire mingled with blood, and they
were cast upon the earth.” This is a most
concise statement of a long series of terrible
events; but brief as it is, the most forcible
language is chosen; hail and fire are mingled
with blood and cast upon the earth. As early as
the days of Constantine, hordes of barbarians
pressed upon the frontiers of the Roman
territory. Europe had, from prehistoric times,
been subject to an influx of barbarians, and a
spirit of emigration periodically swept like an
undulating wave, over all the continent. When
pressure came on the eastern frontier from
the Scythians of northern Asia, the more
western tribes were forced to seek broader
fields in the populous southern countries.
