The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-02-20
lions Witnesses
By Apostle E. L. Carey.

and my servant whom l have chosen.
If Zion has not been brought into ex-
istence today to be strong witness
for God against this present evil world,
then | confess | do not understand
what her mission is.
1t is recorded of Jesus the Christ that
He said, 81 am not come to send peace
on the earth, but sword" The King
dom of God cannot be established with
out a great fight.
Jesus in the days of His flesh, was OPP
posed by hypocritical religious leaders.
The early Christian Church was OPP
posed and prosecuted by the Journalist
and the pagan.
Martin Luther, and all the brave sons
of the Reformation, John Wesley, and
the early Methodists, were each in their
turn bitterly opposed by an apostate
and corrupt church.
Once more in the history of the
world, in this our time, has there been
heard, in ringing tones, voice wit
Messing against all manner of upright
eousness, and great has been the OPP
position. And now, the months and
years are hurrying us on to time
when the sons of light and the sons OF
darkness shall again become involved in
terrific struggle; for ZION MUST
WITNESS, and SHE WILL.
Did not John Alexander Dowie say,
'Zion must go into the field and take
out these tares that the devil has
sown?"
Somebody, some people, must do this.
''In the time of the harvest l will say
to the reapers, Gather we first the tares,
and bind them in bundles to burn them;
but gather the wheat into my barn."
''In the time of harvestw
Is not that time at hand?
Is not the world ripe for great wit
Messing?
Is it not time for a people to be
gathered together, who shall go forth
into the highways of the world and wit
ness against all that is false and
wicked?
False doctrines and false teaching
must be assailed!
O, the awful, the grievous condition
of the poor churches today! The min
listers of these churches are coming out
from their hiding places one by one
and declaring in impudent and insolent
tones, from their very pulpits, their
i Of I'D
Why do not the evangelists of this
day boldly declare against the things
that are cursing the churches and
secretly sapping away their very life?
What is the use Of their talking about
going into the Red Light District of
Chicago to carry life to the dying, when
at the same time they themselves, as
organizations, are having their very
vitals torn out by the awful diseases
that afflict their body corporate?
False methods and false practices
must be contested in the Name of the
Most High God, whether in the Church,
in business, in education, or in politics
Hypocrisy and hypocrites must be re-
moved!
Oppression and oppressors must go!
Right doctrine, right teaching, must
be given!
Right living must be observed!
The law of brotherly love must OBJ
tain!
Zion declares, with the inspired
Word: GOD IS LOVE; and therefore,
because God so loved the world, He is
unalterably opposed to all things that
belong to the kingdom of darkness and
which are cursing man, whom He made
in His own image: THEREFORE
THESE THINGS MUST BE ABOL-
ISHED!
o, how glad all Zion ought to be that
Church has been brought into eG-
istence which gives promise of being a
true witness against the terrible con-
ditions that obtain in the world today,
and which, to fulfil Scripture, must be-
come worse and worse!
All things that destroy must be taken
away.
The tares-the parasite = must go,
and make way for garden, the beauty
and glory of which shall bring joy and
gladness to all who shall behold it.
Unconditional surrender to God is the
only way Of peace.