Page 25 - 14 The Beast from the Sea & The Beast from the Earth

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.

strife, outside the bounds of European

darkness, arose another nation. It was

brought into existence by the Lord Himself; at

the very time it was most needed for the

development of the principles of the Gospel,

and of the final struggle for truth.

From 1492 and onward, Europe heard reports

of a new land beyond the seas. Navigators,

usually in search of gold or glory, explored the

shores and established colonies. But neither

wealth nor honor was to have a hand in the

final settlement; God reserved the territory,

afterwards known as the United States of

America, for the planting of downtrodden

truth. When Germany refused full liberty, and

clung to some forms of papal tyranny,

Protestantism passed on to England. England