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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.
that the body was gone. Seeing the folded
napkin in the sepulchre, he recognized the
familiar touch of a risen Saviour, and believed.
On the evening after the resurrection John
received the benediction when Christ
appeared; but since he could no longer see his
Master with the physical eye, he returned to
his fishing on the shores of the Sea of Galilee.
But Jesus sought him again, and bade him go
forth a fisher of men. In the last recorded
interview between Christ and His disciples,
the Saviour prophetically gave the work of
Peter and John, those two earnest followers,
who had passed through so many clouds, and
yet had seen such bright rays of sunlight. Peter
was told it would be his lot to follow his Lord
to the cross. When he asked the fate of John,
