Page 13 - 03d The Seven Churhces-Thyatira

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.

lived out, because they did not have the light

of the first centuries.

Justification by faith was the doctrine which

broke the power of the papacy. Christ and Him

crucified, a truth so long forgotten, or replaced

by faith in the head of the church, was given to

the people of the world in the sixteenth

century. Many other truths, long hidden by the

darkness, or buried under the traditions of the

church, were brought forward in the early

days of the Reformation. The Sabbath of the

decalogue was acknowledged; some preached

upon the true meaning of baptism, and others

made known the proper relation of the church

to the state; but these subjects were too strong

for minds so long held in subjection. The age

was not ripe for the fullness of truth. But as