Page 26 - 13 The Great Controversy

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.

truth, as it was heralded by followers of the

Man of Nazareth. Through the various

governments he had worked, only to meet

with defeat in the end. Subtlety took the place

of opposition. Paganism melted away before

the increasing light of the Gospel; but pagan

principles were accepted by Christians, and

clothed in the garb of Christianity. Here again

is the story of the churches of Pergamos and

Thyatira and the fourth seal. “Woe to the

inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the

devil is come down unto you, having great

wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a

short time.” With the intensity of despair he

pushed his destructive plans. “And when the

dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he

persecuted the woman which brought forth