Page 23 - 09 The Trumpets

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.

soul; he disdained to imitate the luxury of the

vanquished; but he indulged the sterner

passions of anger and revenge. The ambition

of Genseric was without bounds and without

scruples.” “The experience of navigation, and

perhaps, the prospect of Africa” placed the

Vandals on the sea. They were at first invited

into Africa by Count Boniface, one of the

Roman generals. The fatal step had been

taken. The enemy once in Africa, Rome was

confronted by a most formidable foe. It was in

431 that the Vandals crossed the Straits of

Gibraltar. A few years later, they were sole

possessors of Carthage and northern Africa.

Rome could ill afford to lose her African

possessions; for they furnished both wealth

and food to the cities of Italy. Nevertheless