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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.
might be multiplied, to show the sharp
division between those who favored popular
rights and those who still fought for the divine
right of kings.
The internal pressure became greater. It was
recognized by all that some settlement must
soon be reached. The climax came, when in
1848, mob violence again broke out in France.
For two years there had been a scarcity of
food, and the rabble rebelled against all
authority. The king, Louis Phillippe, abdicated,
and escaped to England. Except for the
courage and firmness of a few French
statesmen, who guided affairs through this
critical period, the scenes of the Revolution of
1789, would have been repeated. The soldiers
fraternized with the mob. Only through the
