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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.

darkest portion of the day would be at noon,

and that this would take place on a clear day.

Ezekiel states that a cloud would cover the

face of the sun. Here are four peculiarities

worthy of notice. The sign which the Lord

placed in the heavens, could be easily read. Of

all the dark days which history records, none,

but the one in 1780, meets all these

specifications. The morning would be clear,

but during the morning a cloud would obscure

the face of the sun. The darkness would

increase until it reached its greatest density

about noon. On these points “Our First

Century,” the work before referred to, states:

“The time of the commencement of this

extraordinary darkness, was between the

hours of ten and eleven in the forenoon on