Page 31 - 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.

for every Roman captive who had escaped

from his barbarian master; that the emperor

should renounce all treaties and engagements

with the enemies of the Huns; and that all the

fugitives who had taken refuge in the court, or

provinces of Theodosius, should be delivered

to the justice of their offended sovereign.”

Thus was the Roman Empire made to realize

that its power was gone, and that the proud

Romans were subject to the most cruel of all

barbarians. This was “wormwood” indeed.

After concluding such a treaty with the

emperor of the East, Attila gathered his

hordes and marched into Gaul. Here he was

defeated by the Visigoths, and the Huns

retreated to northern Italy. One barbarian

horde might repel another, but there was little