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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.

create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a

rejoicing, and her people a joy.” The presence

of joy implies the restoration of families; and

in this, is one of the most beautiful promises of

the new earth. Sin has marred family

relations: the curse has entered all families, if

not in one form, it has come in another. The

family has been the closest tie between

heaven and earth. In the midst of sin and deep

degradation, the unselfish devotion of

mothers for their offspring, has spoken of the

love of Christ in a language which has reached

all hearts, from that of God on the throne to

the infidel who scorns the name of God. The

truth that “We love Him, because He first

loved us,” still remains; and when a touch of

love has been born in the mire of sin, it is the