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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.
it was the outgrowth of the principles
advocated in the sixteenth century,-the result
of restoring to their proper place the Two
Witnesses, that for twelve hundred and sixty
years prophesied, clothed in. sackcloth. Thus
the earth helped the woman, by giving to her
a home where the sunlight might shine
unobstructed by the darkness which covered
Europe during the twelve hundred and sixty
years. The beast which came up out of the
earth in the sight of the prophet, symbolizes
the United States; and the two horns
represent the two foundation principles of the
government, Protestantism and
Republicanism. The seed of the Reformation,
having been planted in congenial soil, soon
grew into a mighty tree, sheltering the
