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Ezekiel 33:32.And lo, thou art unto them as a very lovelysong of one that hath a voice, and can playwell on an instrument: for they hear thywords, but they do them not.— To thesepeople, in their insincerity and hypocrisy, PastorRussell's works will be scarcely a grade higherthan an entertainment, a beautiful song, "thesong of Moses and the Lamb," well played onthe many-stringed harp, the Bible, but notheeded as of solemn import.Ezekiel 33:33.An when this cometh to pass (lo, it will come),then shall they know that a prophet hath beenamong them.— But when the things predictedin the entire seven volumes of the Studies in theScriptures come to pass, then shall the tares, toolate, realize that a great and Divinely ordainedpreacher "hath been among them."FM533Master, speak! Thy servant heareth,Longing for Thy gracious Word,Longing for Thy voice that cheereth;Master, let it now be heard.I am listening, Lord, for Thee;What hast Thou to say to me?EZEKIEL 34THE UNFAITHFUL SHEPHERDSEzekiel 34:1, 2.And the Word of the Lord came unto me,saying, Son of man, prohesy against theshepherds of Israel, prophesy and say untothem, Thus saith the Lord God unto theshepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israelthat do feed themselve! should not theshepherds feed the flocks?— God is against theclergy. Chapter 34 is a burning arraignment ofecclesiasticism. It is to be taken in a dual senseas concerning the clergy's treatment or God's truepeople, the true Church on the spiritual plane,and of the Jews on the earthly plane, both ofwhom the self-appointed shepherds, the clergy,