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liquid, called serum, and a solid substancetermed clot. As soon as this separation takesplace the clot begins to putrefy or corrupt. Thusit seemed to worshipers of the beast and hisimage that anybody that would accept theteachings of Volume II would be in a hopelesscondition.And every living soul died in the sea.— To theworshipers of the beast and his image it seemedas though such would be lost and would surelygo to hell to be tormented forever. An"evangelist" who held these views called at thehome of a lady in Scranton. Entering the hall hesaw an elegant picture of Pastor Russell.Instantly he lost control of what mind he had andvehemently said, "I called here as a Christianminister, but I see you have old Russell's picturehere. Are you a follower of his?" The ladyreplied that she was. He then said, "He is in hell,and you will be there too, if you follow him."Quick as thought the lady reopened the doorthrough which he had just entered, invited him tothe porch overlooking the valley; and as he stoodthere gazing into space she said, "Tell it to theatmosphere," and left him while she attended tomore important duties.Another picture of the effect of Volume II on theantitypical Egyptians may be seen from theplague of the murrain (Ex. 9:1-7.) "Thisconsisted in some distemper that resulted in asudden and dreadful mortality among the cattlein the field, including horses, asses, camels, oxenand sheep. It was, however, confined to theEgyptian cattle, and to those that were in thefield; for though the cattle of the Hebrewsbreathed the same air, drank the same water, andfed in the same pastures, not a creature of theirsdied. The Egyptian cattle that survived in thesheds, and were afterwards sent into the fields,were destroyed by the succeeding storm of fireand hail." (McC.)These creatures were valuable to the Egyptians.They used them for bearing their burdens, forsacrifices and for food. They represent theclasses that go to make up the nominal church