The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-10-14
CIVIC CONDITIONS ARE IN A STATE OF CHAOS

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We read every day the political conditions in this Coun
than they have been since the days pre-
ceding the Civil War!
What do we find? Today find the old parties threat
ened with DEATH and every hand of brains declaring
that the time has come for party.
And wish to impress upon your minds today, ZIoN
that the solution of all of problems does not lie with
the Republican Party with the Democratic Party nor
with the Socastc Party but the solution the faith
full proclamation of the Gospel of KINGDOM OF GoD and
the practical application of the Gospel to ALL problems
gious social CIVIL commercial educational and political
THE GOSPEL OF JESUS THE CHRIST ANT1DoTE FOR
Social POLITICAL OR OTHER ILLS
The only antdote for all evil conditions, is the Gospel
of the Son of God The people must be converted How
are people converted The only true is By the
faithful preaching of the Word of God Where the Word
is not preached there conversions
The Holy Ghost convcts first of all, of the sins
and He does it through the Word of God.
When beautiful essays and scientific treatses and
philosophical dissertations and oratory and everything else
substituted for the Gospel of KINGDOM OF GoD then
the people will perish and the nations will perish!
MEN OF GOD ARE TODAY THE WORLDS GREATEST NEED
The greatest need of the present time is for of
Godmen born of the Spirit of God and devoted to God
and to His causeo preach the Everlasting Gospel without
price.
When any any says word to me about
the money that passes through my hands, wish to that
where this afternoon because have put myself,
my ALL upon Gods altar, and God has fulfilled His Word.
Gods Word is true and He will fulfil it in the life of
any who will take and obey it and live it day
Gods promises true!
The Christian has anxiety but in everything by
prayer and suppcao he let's his requests be made known
unto God
And in lions great work. which involves so much toll,
and the expenditure of much money to God and
if right God hear and answer and care for His
Own work.
The same principle is true in life and in the life
of every man who will give himself to God.
THE FAITH TRUE BELIEVER CHRIST IS ACTIVE
POWER
The little boy loses his pocket knife papa gave him.
and he HES himself away to and says, 20 God,
help to find my knfe! That is little child-the faith
of little child.
Grown people become proud but Jesus the Christ sad
Except We be converted and become little child
Here in ZION, if mama is sick you have heard the
story DER and DER agan-the little child born ZION, will
drop upon her knees by mama bedside and pray 20 God
make wel and then rise to her feet and say "Now
mama, get up, prayed for you and you wel.'
If could take this congregation this afternoon back
to the place where you when you chidren-so
natural SIMPLE without any afectation with PRIDE
with false ambition but with simple childike faith and
God for everything then could stir Lake County,
could stir this State could stir this Nation could
stir the world and the word would out to all the world
There people who know how to and how to trust
God!"
Why should it be thought strange thing that
go to God everything and that God should hear and
answer!
I stood in this Prayer-Room back here evening
when there terrible storm raging without and there
stood father with his little boy crouched close by his
side and when the storm had abated ttlealthough by
altogether the father took the little boy by the
hand and said "Come along now, will go home" the
child walked right along with his He not afraid
of the lightning and the thunder and the wind and the storm
because he was with his father.
EXPLORATIONS TO TAKE GOD AT HIS WORD-TO HAVE GREAT
+ FAITH
And oh, if | could say something that God could use
this afternoon that would lift all of to that plane where
you would place your hands the Hands of Heavenly
Father He would say to you, Come along trust Me
then you would go forward without fear of Sickness
disease disaster DEATH cyclones earthquakes other
calamities that might
for faith that will not shrink,
Though pressed by every foe,
That will not trembe on the brink
Of any earthly woe.
That will not murmur complain
Beneath the Christening rod
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