Page 9 - 08 The Sealing Work

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.

and in the minor states of Germany,

disturbances were consequent on the tidings

of the revolution at Paris.” In Poland there was

an uprising, a result of the movement in Paris.

One result traceable to the French trouble,

occurred in the year 1832, when “eight

thousand Poles were sent to Siberia.” In

Germany, unity was foretold by the formation

of the customs-union between 1828 and 1834.

Uprisings occurred in Italy, demanding

independence and unity. In 1833 the system

of slavery in the British colonies was

abolished. In 1837 Victoria became ruler of

England; and the repeal in 1846 of the Corn

Laws, which imposed duties on imported

grains, was an omen of the increasing

liberality of the British government. Events