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

That we present does he want you to present?
Your spirit, your SOUL and your body-a that you
and all that have put it upon the altar That is what
he says
God, that We present your bodies living sacrifice.
This thought is suggested by the sacrifice under the
Mosaic law That dead sacrifice 1t just simply
the shadow the type of the Lamb of God Who gave Him
self for all for the sins of all humanity.
81 beseech you therefore, brethren by the mercies of
God that We present your bodies living sacrifice Rom
The difference between the sacrifice that YOU and
to make and the sacrifice made under the Mosaic law
is that there the animal slain, the life destroyed
and then the animal was put upon the altar and burned but
you and [ to present bodies living sacrifice.
My eyes, my hands, my feet, every member of my body
every talent every power all that am am to give
living sacrifice in service to my God Who has shown
such great merces.
God and Mammon the objects of Worship
There are only two objects of worship in this life:
is Cod the other is riches,-God and and where
you will find worshper of Cod you will find
hundred and ninety-nne worshping mammon. You don't
need into the world to find it. into the Churches and
you will find it. and we have of it here. Mannmon
worship is thing that brought the dspeasure of God
upon this City That why God had to exercise
stern discipline and to administer hard correction; and I'll
tell you if this people do not learn the lesson and have burn
of their hearts the love of and the desire
for things of this world except in SO far as they can use
than they have had in the past.
have been around this world quite little have met
before Cod that the rank file that have
Churches in my evangesc tours do not differ iota
from anybody else They are all chasing the almighty
dollar and running after the pleasures of this world
Think of men and women belonging to Churches going
to circus shows!
Think of young people Churches who go the dance
halls and to the theater!
Think of women who find the time so long that they
must have euchre parties!
NY brothers and sisters, you have time for euchre
parties you have time for these accursed dances
no to waste God put you here to prepare for
eternity He has given you all the time necessary and not
moment waste If you do then at last like jeremiah
you will cry The harvest past the summer is ended and
are not saved' That is the cry that up from
thousands of death-beds you this morning: I'M
PROVE THE TIME Get down to business, and do not al
low the nquity Of the world to draw from the
Lord Jesus Christ!
Must be better nan any other Movement
l working, by the grace of Cod for something in
Zion far in advance of anything in the world that there
is comparison glad to acknowledge that there are
Roman Catholic priests who love and fear God in spite OF
all their superstition in spite of all the muck that is in the
organization 1t Father Faber who wrote Souls OF
Men, Why will We Scatter and he had wonderful glimpse
of God and of Gods wonderful love when he wrote it, am
glad be able to acknowledge that wherever go you
will find few saints of God; but I'll tell you looked all
around before coming into Zion and simply dis
gusted that shut myself in my room and said in long,
fierce struggle My God if would look at those Churches
would become an infidel-hose trustees and if look
ed at those ministers that know Where the signs that
they ever converted?
The Horrible of the Love of Money
stood in the midst of class of graduates in theo
logical seminary and heard say Unless get ff