The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-12-04
SUBJECT:
A Loving and Forgiving Father, A
Sympathizing Savior, A Guiding and
Consoling Spirit.
CONTINUED from last week.

Continued from last week.
was brought up in the country and when was boy
who did not attend church services the Lords Day
looked upon than heather The Bible says,
"Forsake not the assembling of yourselves together
Do not say what difference does it make whether
not have family worship-cannot be just good
without having family worship he with it,? WE'LL
maybe you can but cannot Do you ask, "Why do you
want to ask whether not he pays his tithes?" Be-
do not take any stock in the professed Chrstan
ty of any who does not pay his tthes for he is
thief, and robber and wretched skn-fnt, and would
skin flea for it's hide and taow who does not pay
his hes is not far along the Christian life the
people under the old Mosaic Lawthat is the why
1 ask it.
If were to neglect the House of God and neglect to
conduct family worship my home and rob God Of
my tithes then would pray at ALL would not have
the brass to ask God the Almighty to do anything for
think it is downright mpudence the part of any
who refuses to his thes and obey the plain Word of
God for him to get down and "how for God to do
thing for him-yes it is piece of mpudence.
God has far wisdom than has any earthly father
and wise father demands obedience from his child and
parents often reward their children for being obedien and
punish them for being disobedent Ah would not take
the risk that people take no. for all the gold of
Ophir-no would not. About all the religion that
people have they imagine just about enough to enable
them to squeeze through the gates of Heaven WE'LL de-
to have abundant entrance into Heaven and, by
the grace of Cod intend do my Duty and that is the
proper way for all to do.
No. you have your 'twelve hours " you have your day.
have my day, and think truthfuy say that have
already crowded quite good deal of work into my dayand
intend to crowd in whole lot and when life shall
close at the proper time desire be able to
to my Heavenly Father "I have finished my work, have
accomplished the work which You gave to me to do And
God gave pretty hard job Of course, there many
other people who could do it great deal BETTER they
tell me exactly how to do it. not trying to do any other
persons work have work to do and you have work
to do.
When l hear people saying, ooh, Overseer, will you
please ask God to heal me? will promise God that if He
will heal me- will do so-and-so." God will not heal
and never very much stock in that kind of talk 1t is
mighty poor time to begin to make promises to God and to
try to make bargain with Him. The time to to work is
this very afternoon Are you ready Have you made
peace with God-or do you know that if to pass
away this afternoon you would to hell? AS far as am
concerned know where stand and think you all know
just where you stand My brother sister, this afternoon
is the very best time you will have to get rghtto make
your peace with God All, how many opportunities have
you neglected during the past twelve monthsyou will
never have them again. God will give them to you
again. A there that person whom might have led to
God but who asleep in death and beyond the reach
of your voice. And will tell you the of humanity is
'Well will do it tomorrow, next week." All, you
will not; today is the time to do it,