The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-11-20

| The Rev. Dr. -- who was brought over from Eng
land to be pastor of the Rockefeller Church in New York
City at salary of twelve thousands dollars yearand the
Church is composed almost entirely of multmilonaires
has recently resigned from that pastorae and in his resgna
ton he States among other things that he is sore dis
appointed because he has been unable accomplish any,
thing and that he does not hope at all for that
church, that the members to be quite content to at
tend church Sunday and let the world get along the
best way There have been printed number of long
editorials commenting those remarks. One editorial
the effect that would have been good thing for that
preacher to have gone down into the m and have gotten
of the poor pinchedfaced hastaved children of the
workers in the sweat-shops, and, Lords Day morning
have exhibited that child the platform of that Church,
and to have invited those sef-satsed worldyinded self
seeking people to look upon that child which would have
been only out of tens and hundreds of thousands of those
who ought to be shown consideration the victims of
the vicious system which has enabled those people
become mionares and that editorial added that that
preacher should have gotten the mother of that child the
next Sunday and taken her upon the platform and went
to tell how tens of thousands of those mothers work
in those sweatshops where they almost nothing and
when they SICK if they willing to work they paid
cent two extra, and lot of them work when they
sck that preacher should have taken of those poor
upon the platform and have said to those wealthy peo
pe "Here is sample of the fruit of the horrible system
for which you fellows responsible and here you
to this church and sit in your costly peWs once each Lords
Day, and then home and call yourselves Christians
Yes if that preacher had taken of those poor little
children and the mother who works all day long for
pance in order to keep soul and body together and have
them before those people who their diamonds and
their silks and satns and who glide along their fine auto
mobiles and let them something of what there really is in
this world then, perhaps he would have accomplished
something Ah yes, beautiful preaching beautiful sing
ing theorzng lot of plattudes that do not
amount to anything
Let me tell you another thing, when the call has been
made you Seventy work. you have done
iand not only but also hundreds of ohersyou and
they have had some excuse, "too tred-been working
too hard oo much expense, etc., forgetting that God
has saved you that you might be instrumental in getting
others saved He has healed you that others might be
healed and that God has blessed you and done for you
that you should be selfish but that you should do for
Others
WHAT WILL You Do IF GOD HEALS You?
What will you do if God heals you today and gives back
you your health and your strength? How will you
the call of the Holy Spirit? To what does it amount
unless it is expressed in action?
AS soon I get the time, intend to make a tour
Of the sums in Chicago and shall bring out to ZION CITY
place before the people two of the worst families
that work the sweatshops of Chicago and let you the
degradation than hetha there is this earth,
calling to you and to whom God has blessed to do
thing for poor humanity
Now what is the one thing lacking? It may be self
ishness whatever it u.s. may God show to and then
may you be brave enough just to that act.
| UNBEIIEvERs ARE HINDRANCEs TO SPIRITUAL POWER
HEALING OF SICKNESS AND DISEASE
Each week I asked many questions. wife will
say Do you think that the fact of husband not being
Christian will prevent from getting my healing?'
always answer 81 would not that the fact of your hus
band not being Christian would prevent you from getting
your healing; but will say that if he Christian he
would be great help to you getting your healing"
The question is often asked "Here is family" like
family met in which there the father and the
mother and twelve and daughters and every member
of that family except Christians; and in SINH
lar instances the question is often asked"Could the fact
that one is not Christian hinder blessing in that homer"
Yes; most certainly-most certainly
SPIRITUAL ATMOSPHERE TENDS HEALTH HAPPINESS
At the time of Pentecost they had the conditions didn't
they? And at the time when the power of God present
to heal they had the condtons-there spiritual at
mosphere.
My brothers and sisters, there is why any
person should despair The Christian life is easy fe
it far easier do right than to do wrong people who
to do is that