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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 angel said, “Unto the church of Ephesus

write: ‘I know thy works, and thy labor, and

thy patience, and how thou canst not bear

them which are evil: and thou hast tried them

which say they are apostles, and are not, and

hast found them liars.’” The message is sent by

the One who in heaven “holdeth the seven

stars in His right hand, who walketh in the

midst of the seven golden candlesticks.” God

Himself had watched each soul as it had

separated from the world and linked itself

with Christ. The power of Christ Himself

attended the spread of the Gospel in those

early days; for it was carried by men who had

received of the Pentecostal showers.

Christianity was a strange power as viewed by

the heathen, for there were no idols, no