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land; and I will shake all nations, and the desireof all nations shall come: and I will fill thisHouse with glory, saith the Lord of hosts. Thesilver [the Great Company class that will be usedin connection with its ministrations] is Mine, andthe gold [the Little Flock, of which it will becomposed] is Mine, saith the Lord of Hosts. Theglory of this latter House shall be greater than theformer, [the nominal church], saith the Lord ofHosts; and in this place will I give peace, saiththe Lord of Hosts."— Hag. 2:6-9.FM237REVELATION 16ECCLESIASTICISM'S SEVEN PLAGUES16:1. And I heard great voice out of theTemple.— Pastor Russell was the voice of theLord thus used. (Rev. 7:2; 10:7.) He was of thetrue Temple, and "out of" the nominal temple atthe time these plagues were poured out.Saying to the seven angels.— The sevenvolumes of Scripture Studies. See Rev. 8:2-5 and14:17-20. "The plagues upon Egypt wereintended in some measure to foreshadow, toillustrate, the plagues with which this GospelAge will end." (F175.) Pastor Russell walked inthe light. When the plagues actually appeared, heno longer held to the explanation published in1883, before they appeared, and so stated onmany occasions.Go your ways, and pour out the SEVEN vialsof the wrath of God upon the earth.— In theprefaces to the several volumes of ScriptureStudies such expressions abound as "I send forththis volume with prayers," "and now it is sentforth in the faith." etc., etc.16:2. And the first went, and poured out hisvial [upon] INTO the earth.— Volume I wasdistributed among those already under religiousrestraint.And there fell a [noisome and] grievous ANDNOISOME sore.— The book seemed toecclesiastics like an evil and malignant ulcer, a