The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-05-01


do right He will never forsake us.
How often have read that twenty eighth chapter of
Deuteronomy!
How often I have read
"No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper
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SERVANTS OF THE LORD, and their righteousness is of
Me, saith the Lord"
Working Only for is a Sin
God is respector of persons and God demands full
conservation of your spirits of your souls and of
bodies.
Has God given you talent for music? If you use that
talent to make money for yourself unfaithfu
servantyou unjust steward If God has given you
talent for great invention and you that talent to in
vent something to pile up riches you are traitor to your
God.
God never intended half the people to roll in luxury
and the other half to starve When you sit down to
weaden table, do you think of the little children that went
to bed hungry last night? Do hear their cries? Do
the poor mother with the scanty fare with the poor
hungry little children around her? She divides little
portion here and little portion there and then the
little things tucked into in place which is not
fit for hogs to live in
Have you concern? Have you for them?
Is your heart touched for Them while you live in
luxury and have the good things of this png up
riches, boarding up money and rolling in luxury?
Well but t. then made it all myself have got the
brains to do it Yes and did not God Almighty give you
the brains and the ability to them for others and not all
for yourself? My brother you do know the joys of the
Christian life until you get to that place.
Voices-That is true.
Suppose have abilities that could make thousands of
dollars year-what does that amount to? man that
makes money for himself and spends himself lives
empty and vain life.
Prayer being Offered
want to see an orphans home established here am
going to pray to God to touch the hearts of people who
have the money that may get lions Educational stitu
tons going that may have Old Peoples Home,
Orphans Home, Home for Men, and Rescue Home for
Women.
Today the Seventies going to Chicago with two or
three thousand LEAVES HEALING They will mount the
steps, they will call at hundreds of houses today and they
will tell the people the story of Jesus the Savior the Healer
the Cleanser and the Keeper There are also number Of
Seventies going to Milwaukee today. Last night they
worked in Waukegan Racine and Kenosha and the work
goes and prayed this morning 20 God, bless these
Seventies before. Go before them by the Holy
Spirit and open the hearts of the people God open the
hearts of the people to receive the Gospel and the
to them-doube it, treble it. that they may have
go out and do work for the Master and so praying
that soon we will see the whole Church clothed with
from High out two and two into all the Cities taking
the Everlasting Gospel to poor, perishing humanity
For many poor old people and orphans and men a and
proper may be given to them.
What a Little Tract was the Means of Doing
You remember that woman who stood on the platform
the second Lords Day of the Convocaon how her face
covered with Heavenly light how she could not find words
praise God for what He had sufferer for twenty
two years. and she had that supporter that
hbed for six years and Lords Day morning Seven
y put under their door that little tract of John Alexander
Dowies "Do You Know Gods Day of Healng?" Do you
remember how Dr. Dowe used to say, Il will live more
that inspired Of God-the goodwill live and multiply
until the whole world shall be blessed through the preach
ing
A Presbyterian minister in Adelaide, Australia, in
Sunday morning service said holding in his hand the
little tract EDO You Know Gods Way of Healing" mo
piece of literature outside of the Bible written is
beautiful than this little tract DO You Know Gods Way of
Healng?" It is beautiful tract,-inspired of God
That went down to Central ZION Tabernacle on
Lords Day afternoon and she went down Thursday and
God healed her set her free Thank God for that
Oh let live for Christ! Let heed the exhortaton
of Paul let us present bodies living sacrifice
Ah yes, people and hear preach as preached
last Lords Day. and they get mad and get up and out
say II do not propose to listen to that talks like
he does But my brothers and sisters, what about the
Word of God? Did they like the prophets of old? Did
they like the Apostles? Did they like the Son of God Him
self? Did they like the language that Jesus used He said
those hardheared wretched Pharsees Y of your
father the devil That pretty hard language it
not? He said "Woe unto you we Scrbes and Pharsees
hypocrtes and He called them whed sepulchers That
pretty hard language, was it not?
A overlook on the street recently. He was
stranger me- but he sad Have you succeeded in keeping
the saloons out of here?" sad eyes have kept them
out of here" He said, ''That is good" said, "And
are fighting hard keep tobacco out and have succeeded
keeping drugs out too only here and there spots but
the time will when will enforce the leases to the
letter. when will compel men and women who will not
serve God leave this city and with their tobacco and
whisky and drugs and all these accursed things that
running the people.