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

undone wretches! You were called Of God:
man that is called Of God not thinking of salary
that called of God should out and preach the Gospel
and go out without purse or scrip or sTa or cnange OF
and He will of him. He did it with the Apostles
and He will do now; and the that is called of God will
turn any town or city upside down in short order.
When l was at York Harbor, Maine, Church there
dumped the pastor. He talked to with tears in his
eyes, and he sad 81 have done the best could and they
satisfied and before they called another preacher
they had ninety candidates for that pulpit You well
imagine the spiritual condition of the members OF that
Church after they selected pastor from ninety candidates.
It would not take God that long to send them preacher
God Almighty does not put ninety preachers on parade
show before lot of worldly unconverted people, who do
not know thing about of God who is called to
preach the Gospel.
A whoIe-hearted Conservation
My brothers and sisters it is wholehearted
ton That is what God demands and in other way
on the altar and all and you must be willing to lose
your money and your life for Chs sake You not your
own you bought with price; land having food and
raimen let u.s. therefore growl-s that what the Word
says?
"And having food and raiment let be herewith
tent"
'"That We present your bodies living sacrifice"
In ion are Secular Things
1 was thinking this morning, read these verses a.
gain WE'LL now, that proves lions position Zion that
there secular things to the Christian All things
to be done with eye single to Gods glory.
Some people say "HOw minister take part in
business? How minister take part in politics? The
Church should keep clear of business and keep clear of poll
tics WE'LL then who is going to the politics. and who
is going to the business? It is easy enough who
running the business and the politics of this world good
of the condition of things given by the cartoon
in Of the daily newspapers the other day. where Uncle
Sam appears to be getting dreadfuly worried about the
graft in state and national politics. 1t is round after
days of Rome before her downfall and destruction Con-
and legislators bought and sold like sheep
the SHAMELESS and it gets every year. of
the signs of the times.
A Picture Days
"Thou sawest till that stone was cut out without
hands, which smoe the image upon his feet that
iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
Then the iron, the clay the silver and the gold
broken to pieces together and became like the cha of the
summer threshing oors and the wind carried them away
that place found for them and the stone that smote
the image became great mountain and filled the whole
EARTH
| want to tell you today living right down in
the toes in the days of the mixture of the iron and clay
and THE KINGDOM GoD is rising and the time will
when all the Kingdoms of this world shall become the king
doms of Lord and of His Anonted Jesus the Christ
he Kingdom is the Chief Theme of the New Testament
"When the Lord shall build up Z1oN then He shall ap-
pear His glory and the time for building up ZION the
Gospel age
Nowhere in the Old Testament do you find THE KING
DOM OF HEAVEN, except in type and in promise and in
prophecy Not until John the Baptist do hear,
Repent We, for the KINGDOM OF HEAVEN is at hand
In like the Son of God said Repent for the KING
DOM OF HEAVEN is at hand" And then in the Gospels
have than fifty distinct references to KINGDOM
OF GOD and THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN
do not want to hear any of you officers members
talking about 'my Church. ''our Church. "hs
Church You do not find any such stuff in the Word of
God.
1t is:
"Thy KINGDOM come. Thy WILL be done in earth
as it is in Heaven"
1t is:
"seek We first the KINGDOM OF GOD and His right
eousness.'
Except be born again, he cannot see the KING
I DOM OF GOD"
says, II do not see as you see." would not
expect YOU to-. If you see, you would do do.
trouble for lay all my talents and everything
have the altar-no trouble at ALL If to inherit
tomorrow ten thousand of land it would all be the
altar before six o'clock at night If to inherit twenty
thousand dollars it would into Gods work quickly
could put there You take your money and put it in the
bank and then morning. and night you look at your
bank book, and say, Il laying up for rainy day. WE'LL
not laying up earthly stores for rainy day. "But
what if you should get your leg broken?" I not going
! to get my leg broken, for have the PROMISE
He keepeth all his bones: not of them is broken
He that dweeh in the secret place of the most High
shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty
That is the Word of Cod
What if you should lose your mind? Who would take
care of you? How would get anything to eat?" Well
| expect to do right, by the grace of God.
want to bring you where the three Hebrew children
I'll tell you, they had the spirit They said Our
God able to deliver and whether He delivers no.
be it known unto you, king will not bow down
ship your gods You do what you like but will trust
our God living dying"
for