Page 27 - 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.

As wealth and an abundance of plunder were

the objects of their greed, the Vandals usually

avoided fortified cities.

Rome was at last aroused to take active

measures against her constant and most

persistent enemy. She spent months in

preparation of a fleet. The forces of the East

and the West united in invading Africa. The

Roman army stood under the walls of

Carthage. Genseric asked and obtained a five

days’ truce. The wind became favorable to the

warrior of the Mediterranean. His vessels

were manned with the bravest of the Vandals

and Moors, who in the darkness of the night,

towed a large number of ships loaded with

combustibles, into the very midst of the

Roman fleet. The fire spread from vessel to