Page 26 - 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.

and Holland for a time gave freer scope for the

development of these principles; but space

was limited in the Low Countries; and the

British returned at last to their kings, and

those seeking liberty of conscience, passed to

the eastern shores of North America. In

America the oppressed had freedom of

worship, the right to educate their children

according to their ideas of God, and the

privileges of a free government. These were

the things sought by the Pilgrim Fathers.

On the bleak New England shores, principles

of Protestantism and republicanism struggled

for existence. These two went hand in hand

Historians recount the hardships of braving

the sea and making new homes; but these

were light trials, compared with the soul-