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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.

The eye of the prophet swept over the

company and as he saw the power of the

gospel, in ecstasy he exclaimed, “To Him be

glory and dominion forever and ever.” He saw,

in one glance, the closing of earth’s history, the

coming of the Son of man with power and

great glory. He saw, again, that angry crowd

who gathered in the Garden of Gethsemane,

and rudely bore away his Master; he saw the

jeering company about the cross, and the

soldier who pierced His side; but as he

watches this time, he hears the bitter wail of

those who rejected the Saviour of mankind.

And, as he looked, he heard the words: “I am

Alpha, the beginning, and Omega, the ending,

‘the Lord, which is, and which was, and which

is to come, the Almighty.’” This expression, or