Page 11 - 01The Story of the Seer of Patmos

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.

But John represents those of the inner circle of

discipleship. He was won by love, not

argument. His heart was held by love, and the

whole theme of all his writings is love. He saw

only love in Christ, and he responded freely to

that wondrous drawing power. It was like an

electric current flowing from Christ, and John

desired to be ever in the circuit. He kept close

to Jesus, walked hand in hand with Him, sat

next to Him at the table, lay on His bosom,-he

was “that disciple whom Jesus loved.”

As long as John kept in touch with the divine

life of the Master, there was nothing in his life

out of harmony with the Saviour. That there

were times when the harmony was broken, is

true, and this was due to the fact that the

human in John had not yet been subdued. The