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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 church turned its eyes from Christ, and

was allured by the world into strange paths.

What Satan could not do by persecution, he

accomplished by flattery. When the third seal

was opened, the third beast was heard to say,

“Come and see.” “And I beheld, and lo a black

horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of

balances.” It is strange that, when men lose the

Spirit of God, they at once become self-

appointed judges of other men. The Spirit of

Christ is, “in honor preferring one another.”

The life of the Saviour exemplifies this; the

lives of those who have followed closely in His

footsteps show that the same spirit has dwelt

in men. The prayer of Moses was that God

would blot out his name from the book of life,

but save Israel. “Oh, this people have sinned a