The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-11-13
SUBJECT:
Goods Covenant of Divine
Keeping"
SUBJECT:
Continued from last issue)
PRESUMPTION is A LURKING DANGER

of the sin of presumption Many the little scnesses
due to sins of ignorance and due to careless
and some of them due to dirt. Now do not
care how poor family may be- there is for dirt
and dirt the of sickness disease Careless
ness! Let each be clean. Our bump of precauton
ought to be better developed.
Some people imagine that because trusting
God they go out a cold winters day dressed in
mosquito netting, and that God will take of them but
God will not do any such thing.
tell you my brothers and sisters, after repeated
warnings if you fool around and fool around and allow
disease to become fastened upon you you so
sinned against light and knowledge is mighty hard
you to get to the place where you get to
Just because believe in Gods keeping power is
not any reason why should lay pockebook out the
sidewalk and then expect that God will prevent
from picking it up.
gave number of talks Melbourne along these lines
and will tell you the result out of hundred chill
dren hundred and four Of whom actually in
the junior service when presented Bibles there
not death and out of the entire membership of
between two and three hundred during the whole
there there only three deaths of those per-
sons died in hospitals and the other died the hands
of doctors.
We do not want to lose any one, and ought not to
lose any, want people to do what is right. If there
ground for complaint and you call for Elder and
are not able to get ring up and will the
son why matter what time of the day night is.
Understand that am not finding any fault with the parish
officers simply saying that with such large body of
people and many little children the Elders must guard
the flock Elders call at every your parish and get
to know the people and the children and help them God
and help to protect them against the onslaughts
devil and if you should go into where the people
are dirty pull off your coat and roll up your sleeves and
clean up the house, and you around the premises
holes breeding disease to work and show them how
clean up There are some good people who do not
understand this.
We do not want the old devil to dipping in here
and taking this and that woman, and this young
and that and this child and that May God
grant that we all will trust God fully and be protected
am far interested in the health and welfare of the peo
ple than in the ZION Estate 1t perhaps hurts me as
much it does anyone es to have the destroy the
life of of ranks and exhort you keep very
close to God and to be faithful have been in some places
to where willing to do anything that could and
have gone out in all kinds of weather. and have torn N.Y.
self from pressing duties to go and pray then
when hear people say that they have lived right
makes the battle very hard.
Oh my brothers and sisters plead with you today to
live right to keep close to God to read your Bible and pray
and to have happy homes and all live for and for hui
mainly so that guard ourselves against the attacks
of the devil You fathers and mothers who have these
dear little children II think of such families as Deacon
Peersons and Deacon Benckendos and Elder Careys and
Elder Moots and many others whom could mention What
responsibility How dare you fathers and mothers get
away from God What awful thing for you to get awav
from God when you have dear little children in your care
tell you, when the fight is time begin to re-
pent and confess and say 20 Cod only you will raise up
this child will do what is right and make this and that
promise to Cod You may get through that but it is
very dangerous procedure; is great risk to rum We
ought to guard these children these young people
May God bless you all.
The congregation stood in silent prayer while the
Choir marched out, singing in RECEssIoNAL "IORD DIS
MISS Us WITH Thy BLESSING"
Lord dismiss with Thy blessing
Fill our hearts with joy and peace;
Let us each, Thy love possessing,
Triumph in redeeming grace
Oh, refresh us,
TRAVELLING through this wilderness.
Thanks we give and alteration
For Thy Gospels joyful sound;
May the fruits of Thy salvation
In our hearts and lives abound;
Ever faithful
To the truth may we be found
So, wheneer the signals given
Us from earth to call away
Borne angels wings to heaven,
Glad the summons to obey,
May
Rise, and reign in endless day.
BENEDIcToN BY THE GENERAL OvERsEER: