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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.

universe, and in harmony with which, alone,

the universe itself continues to exist.

After showing John the destruction which

comes when the last cord of mercy binding

heaven and earth is broken, one of the angels,

holding the vial, in which was one of the

plagues, came to the prophet, to give him a

reason for the terrors which had just been

portrayed. This angel controls certain

elements, the proper working of which,

preserves life. From the beginning of history,

he has watched the growth of nations. He has

seen them rise in beauty and strength, prosper

for a period, and suddenly disappear, as if the

earth had opened and swallowed them; and

immediately in the same place another nation

would arise, repeat the same deeds, and after

a brief space, cease to be. Yet man did not