Page 41 - 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.

Not only in the forehead, as a sign of

acceptance, but also in the hand, as typical of

actual service for the “beast,” the mark will be

required. There will be no spot too secluded

for that power to reach. The present

perfection of organization, the census taking,

the enrollment for voting, etc., bring every

individual under the eye of the government as

truly as the enrollment of Augustus Cæsar, the

tax-gatherer of Rome, brought the parents of

Jesus to the attention of the nation.

Once it would have seemed impossible to so

boycott a class of individuals that they could

neither buy nor sell, but the history of recent

years shows that this has been done by the

labor unions of our large cities. This

perplexing situation grows steadily worse,