The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-03-20

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Him because He did not preach to suit them frankly
but kindly, woman, company of men wo-
men, shall fashion dictate to me what shall
preach to humanity. fiji
How foolish and to want to shoulder
the responsibility of saying to any man. 'Preach want
you to preach what want you to say and say it
would like you to say it,
ohrist's Ministry Not Only instruction Also
We follow the blessed Christ and we see Him in the
boat by the little Sea of Galee preaching to large multi
ude where He gave that wonderful series of parallels
corded in the Gospel according to ST. Matthew the 18th
chapter.
We see the Savior healing the eper the afflicted of
palsy opening the eyes of the blind unstoppng the of
the deaf raising the dead to e speaking with the tender
of mother and recorded in the 23rd chapter of
Matthew find Him denouncing the leaders of the day
with the most whitening and the most terrible language that
ever was spoken on the face of the EARTH
You must not forget that the Son of God Who could
the of Lazarus the Son of God Who could have
pity the poor widowed mother of Man, could stand be-
fore the leaders of His day and Woe unto Off
spring of vipers! How shall you the damnnaton
of help? And yet the Christ, He looked at the
City of Jerusalem could weep He said
O Jerusalem Jerusalem thou that kest the prophets
and sones them which are sent unto thee how often would
have gathered thy children together even as hen gath
ereh her chickens under her WINGS and would mott Be-
hold, your house is left unto you desolate For say
unto you've shall not Me henceforh till We shall say
Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord
How true, for recorded by Mark MARK II :8-10)
the people shouted with Hosannas Christ said
BLESSED is He that cometh in the of the Lord But
what a change of scene!
Only short time after that you remember how those
Jews said, "Hs blood be upon and our children
Chriss Public Teaching Closed Judgment
At last Christ finished His public teaching and, you
hear Him close His public ministry among the last things
that He uttered parable of judgment MATT Is:
1416) and lastly when He stood before Caiaphas and
answered that high priests question: if He be the Son of
Cod Christ sad "Thou hast said nevertheless say unto
YOU Hereafter shall the Son Of Man sitting the
right hand Of power and coming in the clouds of Heaven
For it be the Son of Man that He to to
judge the quick and the dead.
Christ Privately Instructs His Disciples
Christ has uttered His last word to the public Now
He to sit down to present to His Apostles of
the things recorded by the Apostle John those chapters
which number. of writers have called The Holy of Hoes
the 14 18TH 16th and 18th chapters In the upper
in Jerusalem He talked to His disciples and finally His last
act in that upper room was to institute the Lords Supper
Then altogether they hymn and, it is written They
went out to the Mount of Olives What must haYe been
the feelings of those disciples? They had been told enough
already to crush any human being and would be the last
to think of crtczng those Apostles for anything
they did during the awful Thursday night before the
Savior taken before Caaphas and led away finally to
the He had already told them that He to die
They had that Judas Iscarot the betrayer Then
to add to sorrow the Savior said to them as they
walked out from that upper room in the night to the Mount
"A ye shall be offended because of Me this night for it
is written will sme the Shepherd, and the sheep of the
flock shall be scattered abroad"
Then it was that Peter said:
Though all men shall be offended because of Thee yet
will I never be offended"
But the Savior, who knew all things that going
to take place, said to Peter:
Before the cock shall crow, thou shalt deny Me thrice
Then it that Peter said Though should die with
Thee yet will not deny Thee Likewise also said all the
disciples"
1t written that they went until they came to place
which called Gethsemane and they drew the Saw
or became very heavy and leaving eight of the disciples
certain place Jesus said St We here while and pray
yonder He took three of them Peter James, and Joh
and sorrowfu and sad He said Tarry here and watch
with Me-
of Salvation Healing Holy Living
Now as we enter in through that Garden of Geth-
want you to be brought today to see to have
realization of what salvation healing and holy living COSTS
want you to bow your heads now in silent prayer.
"Tis Midnight No. 298 Gospel Hymns and 6,
here sung by the Choir
"Tis midnight; and Olives brow
The star is dmm'd that lately shOne
"Tis midnight, in the garden
The suff ring Savior prays alone.
otis midnight; and from all remov'd,
The Savior wrestles lone with fears;
Evn that disciple whom He lov'd
Heeds not his Masters grief and tears.
"Tis midnight; and for others guilt,
The Man of sorrow weeps in Blood
Yet He Who hath in anguish knelt
Is not forsaken by His God.
the Savior bids the three Apostles to tary certain place.
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