The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-07-24

sum of eight hundred and sevenyve dollars year for
this pew and Ingerso took his pencil and wrote back
"a pretty big price for the pew and then handed the
book back to the and remained seated
All, yes Erich mans church" "A fashionable church.
Why that makes Christian man mad with Divine anger
"a fashionable church! yes fashionable church, What
is fashionable church? - it cage lot of scound-
re robbers of widows and orphans thieves and rascas
in general; fashionable church! All when man reads
the Sermon the Mount, and follows the Lord Jesus
the Christ and then listens to the stuff be heard in
fashionable church. it makes him feel that it is time
went forth to witness against them "A fashionable
church,! "a stylish church yes "Dd you ever hear OUR
preacher" NO" "Well now, and go with to
My church and hear OUR preacher" Yes. ooh! had
such lovely this mornng! what the preach
ers text?" = "Oh don't know" "Well, what did the
preacher talk about?" 'We don't know what he talked
about but he preached lovely beautiful
mon!" No. they do not want to know the truth.
What does Paul say? = "The time will come when they
will not endure sound doctrine; but after their uss
shall they heap to themselves teachers having itching
and they shall turn away their from the truth They
want to tickle their ears and that ALL and these
parsons simply "earcklers, paid much per tc1le
but just let them stand their respective churches and
proclaim the Gospel of the of Cod and tell those
sinners to repent and tell you there will be at
In nearly all of the churches there the Bosses and
the Boss is the fellow who has money and the rank and
file of the preachers have their mouths sealed tightly
possible with fvedoar bills and they afraid to open
their mouths; there is the difficulty.
Dr. Aked was brought from England to be Pastor
of the Rockefeller Church, and when he resigned
time ago why, the papers from Ocean to Ocean
filled with editorials commenting what he said Dr.
Aked had to confess that he very sadly disappointed
man, and that the members of his Church who
multi mlionares = content to there
weeKand sit for few minutes and listen to fine disserta
o but when it to practical Christian work. they
were not there. There you are
Dr. Buckley of New York City, in article in the New
Christian Advocate said that if the Methodist
Church to enforce it's discipline would reduce their
bishops to poverty cut their membership in two and would
leave their treasury bankrupt
There is authority and there is discipline in the
so-caed churches; and surprised that Christian
and women do not see the real cause of their failure
People Rapidly Approaching Destruction
All! my brothers and sisters the old world is going
ahead at pretty rapid gait and of you older people
here this afternoon able to look back thirty forty and
fifty years. and you know that there have been
marvellous changes. My observation has been that
during the last changes have been wrought which
lead to believe that the present order of things must
change and the Second Coming of the Lord Jesus the
Christ will be at hand No. I not fool do not
pec to convert Chicago; and any who talks about
converting Chicago ought to be sent to Kankakee No,
you will convert Chicago. will tell you all that will
done for Chicago God has people here and those people
will be found and God will have place of refuge for them;
but you will convert Chicago because Gods Word
that
'THE CITIES OF THE NATIONS SHALL FALL"
and there is in anyone worrying little strike,
for that is only the first rumblings and you have had
them before; and will tell you, the time will (and
the who doesn't is blind) when these vicious ele
ments of destruction will break oose and you would just
we'll attempt to stop cyclone to prevent the political
and the social predicament that coming for the Bible
tells us that
EVIL MEN SHALL WAX WORSE AND WORSE!"
Now, the beginning of the genuine Christian life is
repentance. Some people say, 'You will succeed if
you talk like that" WE'LL it doesn't matter whether
coed whether do do not have to succeed but do
have to preach the truth do not have to succeed do not
have to have dollar. not sent out to get money;
am sent out to PREACH THE GOSPEL, and God the AL
mighty backs in it; and if God did not back up
then would just quit = that's all, because do not propose
to attempt to do any work without God. have been
trusted with the task of restoring City During the last
and half years have had put into my hands nearly
two million dollars worth of property but trust God for
every step of the way My brothers and sisters trust God
for evehng trust God for your spirits for your souls
and for your bodies for everything. This is Gods work
and not my work. and God will look after it.
Gods WordDe the of
In this Church believe in tithng; and will tell
frankly that do not take any stock in any mans
Christianity who has had the teaching who does not