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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.
strivings against bondage and oppression. So
strongly ingrained were the principles of
monarchy and the spirit to dictate in religious
matters-the two foundation stones of the
papacy-that only by dint of perseverance and
strong determination on the part of a few
souls who were open to heaven-born
convictions, there gradually grew up in New
England a representative form of government.
The towns about Boston refused to be taxed
unless they had a voice in the legislative body.
Thomas Hooker, with his whole congregation,
emigrated to the wilds of Connecticut for
greater liberty; and as a result, the first
written constitution ever known to exist in
America, was framed in 1633. Rhode Island
had an existence solely, because of the
