The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-06-19

Lords Day morning service Wednesday evening meet
ing his voice heard in prayer in testimony he
does any Seventy work of kind there of
that kind here? Have some of that kind in this Church
ask you if you of that kind then you salts
fed before God that you measuring to the standard
that is set for truly converted woman? Is that
enough?
THE SPIRITUAL MAN AND THE NATURAL MAN MUST
BOTH WORK
There is the spiritual well the natural man.
the natural must eat-and generally speaking three
times day. because the rank and file of the people eat
three times days. the natural must sleep eight hours
less out of the twenty-four; the natural
must exercise otherwise the body is undeveoped and the
muscles SOFT and then disease sets and just truly
the natural must eat and sleep and drnk-that u.s.
go into Natures reparshop to be refreshed and to
cse must the spiritual eat the Bread of Life and
drink the Water of Life must the spiritual pray and
read the Word of God and must the spiritual
else by working in the Masters Vineyard otherwise there
progress made but there be only DEATH spirit
ua death.
SPIRITUAL LIFE AND VIGoR COMES ONLY FROM THE
TRUE VINE-CHRIsT JESUS
The Savior said, 'I am the True Vne and My Father
is the Husbandman Every branch in Me that beareh not
fruit He ceanseh it, that it may bring forth fruit
I ask you this afternoon, my brother, my sister,
you "dead branch Before God this afternoon and in
the light of His Word, you say that you living
branch connected with the true Vineand that you
frutbearng branch bearing the fruit of the Spirit? And
it than that; it means leading and
of their SINS of their scknesse out of their dis
and bringing hem through Jesus the Christ unto God
the Father know my brothers and sisters that to be
Christian is to be worker and that spiritual life within
will find expression in praise in prayer in talking to others
and if all would be fire ought to be, then
would have ZION CITY redeemed What desire to
back of this work. is that spirit of aggressiveness that
spirit of taking hold and going aheadthat is what want
to see in building up ZION again.
ZION SEVENTY WORK AFFORDS A GLORIOUS OPPORTUNITY
SPIRITUAL GROWTH
The Seventy work-what glorious opportunity !!
There who cannot CO. but when woman stays
behind and takes of the little children of another
that she may and do Seventy work, why that
is working in the Masters Vineyard.
My brothers and sisters I glad because of the
spirit that is in this Movementhat absence of driving
anybody out to do Seventy work. There opportunity
glorious opportunity Don't you suppose that the Sew
entes who find the sick and them and lead them to
God, the happiest people earth?
The difficulty with is they say II cannot very
we'll get up and speak, because have manfearing spirit
Well now, you would better get rid Of that man-fearng
spirit and that mountaineering spirit too for there is
reason why you should be afraid of any woman.
When the opportunity is given to praise God rise and
thank Him for His goodness matter who sitting be-
hind before at the right of at the left of
but be lost in the spirit of prasete God that you love
Him. that you praise Him. and that you thank and praise
and adore Him for His goodness to you Oh what rich
blessing into mans life simply by praising God and
desire to this Church composed of praising people
as we'll as praying people.
THE HEALING OF THE BLIND MAN WAS A WAYsDE IN
CIDENT-AN OPPORTUNITY IMPROVED
But that the works of God might be made manifest in
Him.. Here is the story of waysde incident, and how
many of them there in the Bble We are here this
afternoon at regular Service and in with
regular CUSTOM but the meeting of this blind man and
his healing by Jesus not at regular SERVICE it
wayside incident. AS travels in the train as he
walks along the streets of the city, he travels the
boat he drives out through the country he abors
the farm in the office workshop he comes in con-
tact with this and with that one, what wonderful
opportunities for doing good! Waysde Incidents Some
may say Il am busy but not Jesus about as busy
any of us? Don't you think that Jesus put in about
many hours working any US? and yet He always found
time, and never passed by and of the
derfu miracles in all His earthly wrought
What [ call these waysde incidents.
HEAIINGs ARE TO GLoRIFY THE FATHER
Here was man who blind from his birth. The
apostles said to Jesus Who did SIM this man or his parents