The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-03-11
EXPERIENCES OF A ZION
TRAVELLING SALESMAN

INA L1l1NNJ CALEOMAN
SPLENDID OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEsTIFYING
AND SPREADING THE MESSAGE
There are probably no Zion men who
have greater opportunity for testify
ing to the people Of the world, than Zion
Travelling Statesmen. Their duties car
ry them over wide range of territory,
and they are constantly coming in con-
tact with a large number of intelligent
people. No matter where one may go
in the United States, people are intensely
interested in Zion and Zion City.
The following letter from Clement w.
Mole, one of lions travelling statesmen,
is true and thorough recital of the
multitudinous questions asked by people
of the world. There is not Zion trav-
cling man on the road, but that has had
all these questions asked him many many
times, and this letter will strike with
them, responsive chord:
GAS you are we'll aware, the expert
ences of a Zion man, representing an
institution of Zion, are entirely different
from those of regular travelling sales
man. The very fact of registering from
Zion City, at hotel, puts one prac-
tically in class by himself. The pro-
prietor, or clerk, whoever he may be,
usually says:
g oh, you are from Zion City! That
is the place where people are not allowed
to smoke, play cards, eat pork, or have
DOCTORS
"Of course, you reply, Yes, sir, that
is the place.
"They then say, We'll, how is it COM
ing anyway
Il then have to rehearse the facts from
first to last. They always seem very in
terested, and although they do not be-
lieve as we do, say:
:" We'll, it is all right. hope that
man Voliva succeeds, and shows to the
world that it is possible to have one
clean place in which to live. wish him
and all the people WE'LL
'"The questions that are asked are
numerous. For instance:
"How many people live there? How
do you live, and make living? Do you
receive wages? Do you give all you
have? Do you have enough given you
to live on? What do you do when sick?
Surprising you should break leg, what
would you do? What do you do for
cold? Do you call doctor in case Of
childbirth? How many people die
there? What about contagious diseases?
Don't you believe in vaccination?
"How is the city run? Do you buy
your property? Why is it leased? Do
you eat meat, drink tea or coffee? You
say you can't go to the theater, play
cards, dance, or any of those things;
what can you do to amuse yourselves?
"How is the church controlled? Do
you give one-tenth of your income to the
church? What for? What does Voliva
get? What kind of man is he? He be-
lieves the Bible from cover to cover,
doesn't he? Do you think he is a better
man than Dowie? Voliva believes the
earth is fiat, doesn't he?
"What is the difference between your
religion and Christian Science? Why
build Zion City, and live by yourselves?
Couldn't you do better by living amongst
people of the world, instead of separat-
ing yourselves from them? What is the
death rate of Zion City? How many
people are employed there? Do you still
make Zion Candy? How did it happen
that Marshall Field bought the lace fac
tory?
"But one fact more than any other one
thing, impresses them. 1t is the picture
Of 600 children born without doctors,
and still living without medicine.