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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.



               oppressed of all nations. Glorious as the sun


               rising  was  the  establishment  of  the  new



               government. It was a wonder to all the world;


               but  when  its  freedom  and  stability  once


               became known, America became the center of


               progress. All nations have been molded, more


               or  less  by  the  example  of  this  country.  Her


               constitution  has  been  the  model  for  the


               reorganization  of  nations,  especially  since


               1840. The monarchs of Europe were forced to


               relax  their  hold  upon  their  subjects,  and


               America  is  the  place  toward  which  all  eyes


               have been directed in these crises. Even the


               Orient has relaxed to the warming influence of


               the United States.



               But the world is not yet free from the influence


               of him who was “cast unto the earth,” and the
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