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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.

as the cross was approached, the pain which

pierced them was akin to that of their

suffering Master.

Jesus, sitting in the temple court but a few

days before the end, looked forward to the

cross, and with feelings too deep for human

heart to sense, said, “Now is the judgment of

this world: now shall the prince of this world

be cast out.” At the cross, the fate of Satan was

forever sealed. “I, if I be lifted up, will draw all

unto Me.” Darkness covered Calvary on that

awful day, but the eye of faith could pierce the

cloud; for the hour that seemed the darkest,

was, for the universe, the hour of greatest

victory. “At the cross of Calvary love and

selfishness stood face to face. Here was their

crowning manifestation. Christ had lived only