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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.

power by which it grew was that of love,-the

first love, which in its ardor knew no bounds.

It was the love of which Paul writes when he

says that “Love is the fulfilling of the law.”

Christ watched over the believers with the joy

of a bridegroom, and they in return gave Him

their heart’s devotion.

There were many among the pagans who

listening to Paul, were convinced of the truth

in their minds, but retained their Greek

manner of reasoning. Indeed, they applied to

the Scriptures the same interpretation which

they had formerly placed upon their own

Greek writings. These converted Greek

philosophers stood side by side with the

simple Gospel teachers, and in trying to refute

paganism by argument, Christianity was in