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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.
This is the history of the Saracens as they
marched south and west. They gradually lost
their warlike characteristics, and conquered
by the power of the intellect. The attacks on
the Eastern Empire were of a different
character. The constant pressure and oft-
repeated assaults of the Saracens led men to
wish for death. To the Saracens who fell in
battle was given the sure promise of a life in
paradise. This made them unmindful of death,
and especially in the East the Saracens stung
men with their false doctrines, and tormented
them by repeated attacks.
Only forty-six years after the flight of
Mohammed from Mecca, (a. d. 668), the
Saracen army appeared under the walls of
Constantinople. They were especially anxious
