Page 28 - 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.

attempt of man to oppress the conscience of

his fellow man; and it stands in the Union to-

day as a monument of the struggle for

religious liberty.

In the more Southern Colonies the same

battles were fought. Finally, in 1776, the

Declaration of Independence published to the

world the purpose of the new and growing

states to cut loose from the tie which bound

them to the mediaeval forms of government.

The step appeared rash; but this was the thing

necessary, to bring unity and united effort

among the people of America. With one

common enemy, all internal strife was

forgotten; but when the new nation was

acknowledged free and independent, the

problem of ages was just before it. Having