The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-08-14
By Wilbur Glenn Voliva

to anythng-that is all right would not give the snap
of my finger for who does not thank God for difficult
ties well as for other things
Difficulties develop character
And when I heard a little man who was criticisng
Doctor Dowe say "We if had been founding ZION CITY
would have done and So" thought to myself "Why
it is too udcrous for any intelligent to talk about!
eff had been founding ZION CITY," Well, in that
case there would have been ZION CITY founded Why
it is so foolish and so stupid!
want to tell you, my brothers and sisters as time
passes will begin to great many things clearly and
you will understand things that have been mysteries
You will find out that Doctor Dowie man, as was
Moses and Abraham, and David and Solomon and other
prophets of Cod
Divine Thread in Unbroken
AS gentleman from Melbourne said to me- The Divine
thread broke the only thing that did break in lions
history the human thread" And he was quite right
There is Divine side, and there human side. Turn
to the beautiful Message that went out to all the
word Look at the saved look at the healed look at the
bessed look at those who brought to Christ And
then look at this City Look at the plan of the City, Get
your eyes these things and you will be silent Then you
will get your bearings and you will things and under
stand them. Then you will understand that you have
call now-what is it? It is call to stand up and build
ZION CITY carry forward the work which he began
Will you do it?
That is the question-wil you do it?
Thank God many doing it, and that is the reason
we where today
desire you notice the fifteenth of the twenty
second chapter:
"For without dogs and sorcerers, and whore
mongers, and murderers and idoaters and whosoever
loveth and maketh lie'
Them again. the eighth of the twenty-rst chap
ter:
'But the fearful and unbeeving, and the abominabe
and murderers and whoreonger and sorcerers and idol
ater and all liars shall have their part in the lake which
May God, by the Holy Spirits power, burn these two
into every heart here May God help examine
our hearts and lives this afternoon!
Do belong to any of these classes? God forbid
Do you belong to any of them?
May God forbid that there should be
here who belongs to of these classes!
Ah if there should be here plead with you to step
the line this afternoon God waiting to receive you
the angels have their harps all turned and waiting to
rejoice your repentance and Christ reaches out loving
hands which pierced by the nails that driven
through them, and He PLEADS with you to
Will you do it?
Will you give your heart to God?
Weapons, Spirit
Contests
love every with want to be kind to every
body. sorry the fight for ZION CITY for her Prin
cpes Truths Ideas and IDEALS that any body has had to be
struck You know have always pracced the doctrine of
have sent men to preach the gospel and
they left upon the ground for dead Apostle
Royal and Apostle Peckham and allowed them to
strike back.
Our weapons are not carnal, they spiritual
However, I cannot sit down here and drug store
Ia tobacco shop pool room, drunkards and other things
coming in here and say nothing must acquit myself like
and must stand up for the right and if
gets hurt cannot help it. That is their fault not mine
would stand as do if stood alone. thank God for
Ia loyal constituency thank God for this company and
thank God loyal supporters throughout this Country and
in other lands thank God for their fathfulness-nany
of them standing alone thank God for them but
would stand just where stand todayfor purity righteous
ness and a clean City-f had to stand alone.
That is the position you ought to take-STAND FOR
GOD!
This City to be built to be light to the nations of the
world If you think there interest in ZION CITY you
have not been around very much There great interest in
ZION CITY There muttudes who have their upon
CITY watching see whether believe what pro-
fess whether will live it, and whether will consider
this City worth putting lives and all into in order
to build up When do it, mutudes will be saved and
healed and blessed and prepared for the coming of the King
What opportunity. o3q2
Many Looking Teaching Prayer
Do you not the poor world? Do you the sinful
and the sick and the suffering and the dying? Oh when
look at the prayer requests that in from workers
AS sat with nv head bowed in grief in nv home and