The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-08-07

Many Gods Choicest Blessings
In the 21st chapter of Revelation and the 9Th verse;
are told who shall be excluded from the Holy City.
ZION, listen
Everybody listen
"But the fearful" or the cowardly-men and women
who are afraid to do right Why do not and
do right? Because they AFRAID to do right Why do
not people up and help build ZION CITY? Be-
they coOors they think of what relatives
will say than of what God Almighty will say-they
thinking of what their associates will say than they
are of what God will say
Yes you sing:
Jesus, have taken,
All follow Thee;
Naked, poor, despised, forsaken,
But do not forget that the girl who wrote that stanza gave
her heart to God and accepted Jesus the Messiah Her
own father and mother said "You must leave home
and leave forever and when you ready to give up
Jesus you can come back"
She left her home-can you picture that? Can you
understand what that And then taking tiny scrap
of paper and dipping her in the blood of her bleeding
heart she wrote:
jesus to my IsaT 1e0 s1d 1f0 0t tah TRee
Thou from hence my All shalt be-
Keep that in mind, my brothers and sisters
Oh have given up little for Christs sake-but not
much No, not much! My beloved companion, for
standing for God and ZoN not allowed for time
to write her home But did she falter? Did
she ever waver? Not once Not once!
That is the ZION is precious to I tell
you impressed by what certain person said to me
yesterday The why people unfahful in
ZON and the why they do not make any progress
because they had to give anything to get into
ZIoN."
Sacrifice and sedenial Blessings
There great deal of truth in that You know that
which costs nothing is worth nothing 1t is when have
sacrifice deny yourself and to give up something that
you get something that is worth having.
My brothers and sisters this afternoon plead with you
for full conservation! You make it sitting right
there You say "y God and Father take just as
and make what ought to be- in spirit in SOUL and
in body. Give power to do right matter what it
costs-even though it giving up father, mother
brothers, sisters relatives friends loss of property and all
that hold dear Father help to do Thy will because
few years and it will all be over''
Oh, how sweet the Christian life is!
The Savior said to His disciples Launch out into the
deep And would to God this afternoon that everybody
would just take leap right out into the of Gods love-
and have fear at ALL for God will fail and God
will never forsake you.
My brothers sisters do not think for minute that
because the devil has taken away my companion have not
more BEFORE looked up God and Father
enmy against sin and sickness and disease and
death and hell And by Gods help will fight them as
never before and be faithful unto the end
That is the only stand to take.
Why of course cannot understand some things
do not hesitate to for minute for know it is the
truth that consecrated devoted, more un
selfish life seldom found than the life of her whose spirit
is with God this afternoon.
If were to tell the story of all went through from
the time we were married. August 11h 1892 then
would what it has meant during these twenty-five years
to follow our Lord and Master
And has not God blessed us?
Yes He has! While we never had home never knew
what home was-we bothered about home, never
had thought of home But she has beautiful home
today and will have if am true and faithful, and so
will you.
And yet some people say, "Catch putting up my
home to build ZION CITY!"
Unspeakabe Sacrifice Gods Cause
Why bless your life brother, sister, you ought to be
willing put your home your e and everything you have
build ZION CITY and say "Glory to God that have the
opportunity to do t!
will forget when we bought this estate four
years ago. when putting up hundred thousand
dollars in subsidiary mortgages and when had all we
wanted did you such scene? Why, there
and this Church who sat and wept because
T We all