The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-10-16

been should have been wiser You for the sake of
Jesus and of Thy work, to heal to make me WELL"
And then went about my work. did not call in Elder
Reder at eight o'clock and Elder Moot o'clock and
Elder Carey at ten o'clock and another officer at eleven
o'clock; but prayed and took God at His Word and He
healed me-
ACTION SHOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH FAITH
eyes, Lord, have prayed and believe that You have
heard and answered the prayer Then what you cry
ing about and standing that loved whom you love
dearwhy you standing there crying all the time?
that not consistent Sometimes when people talk about
their great faith" God the Almighty permits them to be
tested and He "Come now you in the Valley of
the Shadow of DEATH how standing the test? You
have been boasng for about your great faith
you feel the splash of the waters of the Jordan are
you now-fath all gone and in God? you said you
had faith, you have failed" See? These things, you
kEcw, al perfectly plain
Now, Brother # you will get this point and will learn
the lesson of resting God then God heal those joints
that have all melted and together those the devils
wages-the DEVILS coin he has paid you off in that way
that what you got for the un you used to have when
you used to drink whisky and smoke and chew tobacco and
you al-around devil.
Mr.. -"I did everything that good CD church
member does"
General Overseer-To what church did you belong?
Mr.. ~ Lutheran and Episcopaian.'
General Overseer-Did you swear?
Mr.. -"Yes, sir"
Mr.. -"Yes sir; and drank whisky and smoked
and chewed"
General Overseer-Ah, yes, and you ought to hear
Deacon Beckers tory-he also Lutheran. Why when
he dying of consumption-and as bad a could
be- dragged himself ZION Tabernacle and gave up his
smoking and drinking his preacher laughed at him;
he tell you the story and it had not been for ZoN
Theodore Becker would have been in the graveyard today
Ah yes the devil is hard task-master tell you he is.
SOME PLAIN TRUTHS CONCERNING MOTHERHOOD
want say something else to you-et tell you this:
will tell you what the greatest transgressions this
woodland the time is coming in few more when,
if to get any results guided by God the Almighty
voice will have to right to the foundation of
the sins that cursing and killing humanity todaythe
greatest ransgressors and those who responsible
for the deformtes- physical and mentalOf this
world are the mothers want to tell you what is alb
solute fact: that the deformtesmenta physical and
moral the murderers and the thieves all made before
they boT and the poor creatures conceived and be-
gotten in niquity born in sin, and markedcan more
help stealing committing murder getting drunk than
they fly without wings Never until have sancied
fathers and mothers will we have sancted ospring and
just long the devil rules in the hearts and lives of
and women, and just long lust is the controlling pas
son just long will have what have today; and it
is getting and and worse all the time. A
mother along crying, and she says my little boy
has devil will pray for him. cannot do anything with
him ?Who is responsible for your child being in that
condtonyOu yourself responsible! That child acts
just you acted before he born and you marked him.
Physical brthmarks clearly defined that sensible
person informed at all would attempt to dispute the
theory mental and moral birth marks just plain
How mother who is liar expect to bear truthful
child! How a mother who is murderess expect to
bear child who is not filled with the spirit of murder!
How a mother who is bundle of damnable passion
expect to bear pure boy girl! And want to tell
my brothers in the ministry for the most part beat
ing the airthat is what doing; and realize more
and continue to preach the doctrine OF Divine
Healing and work to get the people delivered-that
there will be great results until we take the
meetings and skin them alive and until take
the wives and the mothers into meetings and show them
what the bottom of epilepsy and scrofua and hum
red other horrible diseases for the healing of which people
for prayer All, yes, brothers and sisters and
sat right over 5here day Glider Rcher will remember
because the whom talking, hit him in the face
h viii remember how talked to her. and | quite
rght-us as well pray with post to pray with that
girl that time she rapidly improved and if they
followed my advice she would have been sound and we'll
to-day people will ask you to come and pray for them
when they transgressng the law of God and feeding