The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-06-12


answered. What account your God? You say that you
believe in God and then live though there
Cod You thousand times than the man who
said that he did believe in Cod ngerso harmed
the church very much-nether did Tom Payne; but will
tell you who have dragged the religion of the Lord Jesus
Christ into the mre the Internal hypocrites who the
cloak of religion and then live like Devils there is the diff
fculty If going to be Christian, be but if
not going to be Christian do not be hypocrte.
Ah the faith has practically disappeared from the EARTH
WHERE is THE FAITH?
When John Wesley preached the Gospel he mobbed
right and left When Charles J. Finney proclaimed the
Gospel he had to be taken in through mobs and gotten out
through mobs. But nowadays, when such Chapman
hold revival all the newspapers praise him. and they
have glorious time; and people call it religion but
call it drunk and say that the Congregational Preacher
who brave enough to write article and say that it
mortal to Chicago is right and he is speak
ing the truth
I speaking about shedding tears. 1t is just
easy to make audience laugh if you know how to do it,
it is to your right hand but that is not preaching
the Gospel The hymn entitled Te Mother Til be There
is all right in it's place. but when is used to excite the
emotions of audience, instead of preaching to them
then it is curse.
Now, there is lions position the fundamental prin
cples of the Gospel of THE KINGDOM OF COD
REPENTANCE
CONFESSION,
RESTITUTION
FAITH, and the next is,
OBEDIENCE
WHERE is the obedience? Where IS the obedience?
They talk about i5-man-rue" and I mighty
glad that they do because if they did challenge ALL
it would not be Divine position How much does the
Christian for his preacher? Why just about
much as he does for mosquto he goes he peases
and does he likes and there is absolutely authority
You know that that is true-every and every
here of any experience knows that is true.
CHURCH WITHOUT DIVINE AUTHORITY IS A TRAvEsTY
GENERAL OyERsEER Yes let face facts this after
noon What account is church where there is not
Divine authority. If your minister called of
God and ordained Of God and sent of God then his
would amount to something.
man. carrying his hand little grip-sack appears
at the Court of St. James and says II ambassador
the United States Government" The authorities say,
''Where your credentials" "Oh I appointed myself
They say You just get out of here do not recognize
you: you clear out. few days later appears at
the Court of St. James and takes out of his pocket creden
tails signed by the President of the United States he pre-
sens documents bearing the Presidents signature and the
seal of the United States Government and herepon he
duly proclaimed to be the United States ambassador to the
Court of St. James.
Now, far the rank and file of the preachers are
concerned they like the first who appeared at the
Court of ST. James-hey have credentials and author
y and therefore the people take notice of what they
say And then you know if the people hire preacher
they have right to boss him-have they not? If hire
veryman to take to Waukegan have right to tell
him where want to go. And if you hire preacher and
pay him much year-made out of oyster suppers and
porkandbean suppers, etc. then you have right to tell
him WHAT TO PREACH; and if he doesn't preach just
to suit you then you have right to kick him out and
that is just what they do in the soaed churches; and
because of the lack of Divine authority and order with
such condition prevailing the whole thing will perish and
to pieces and the it perishes and the the
people set Free the better it will be for the people and
for the world
My brothers and sisters believe that there multi
tudes of and who love God and who want do
right and who longing to be in place where they
will get the whole Gospel of KINGDOM, where they
have church in accord with the Word of Cod but they do
not know where to go, which way to look There is
very little obedience in the world nowadays-"I am not
going to have any rule me; my own boss"
That is American you know-"I my boss"
little boy throw bed-post at his
father have little girls nine and ten years of age
turn up their noses and walk off from their mothers
unconcerned though they carried deed to the State
of Illinois in their pockets.
WHERE is the spirit of obedience?-well, will tell
you it is gone! eve Democrasp is the slogan of
nearly all. Yes but there is neither Democracy
Republic There a greater farce God AL
mghtys earth than call the United States of America
Republic This Country is ruled by political bosses who
deliver many votes for many dollars other val
liable considerations