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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.

The Roman nation was the recognized

mistress of the world in the days of the

Saviour. In its development, all the known

forms of administration had been tested, and

the very essence of the strong features from

each of the preceding kingdoms had been

combined in the Roman Empire. The changes

from the rule of a king to the consuls, the

tribunes, the decemvirs, and then to the

triumvirs, and finally the revolution which

turned it into an empire, had each placed the

nation more completely under the control of

the principles of that prince who strove to

exalt his throne above God. The history of

Rome shows this to be true. The complete

suppression of individuality, and the

exaltation of the state, were as nearly