The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-11-25
RIGHTEOUSNESS MUST PREVAIL

man who was Sunday School Superintendent in a
certain city in certain state said to another and
me- 'No be in business now and be honest, and
make both ends meet"
sad ct would get out and sarve to death rather than
be thief" He said They just little business lies
We all tell them" They lies all the We have
got to be right with fellow men. All lying and all dis
honesty must CO. and ZION mans word must be good
his bond If not this Church will not amount to any
thing mean all say when say the Churches of today
are corrupt through and through The rank and file of the
church members will le and cheat and steal quickly
as saloon keeper.
LASTING SUCCESS ATTAINED BY BEING RIGHT
ZION will win by setting up high standard and by
doing right Unless ZION will do right would just
quit, and my time.
ZION co-workers ought to be the best EARTH and
ought compel every employer at the close of week
or two "Those the best employees They
the have had around here They here the tick
of the clock they work steadily and honestly and turn up
bright and happy, while the other fellows with head
aches through being drunk ZION employees ought to COM
pei the whole world to acknowledge them to be good
A good-for-nothng fellow is good to anybody There
in this world and we have few in ZION CITY,
who to lazy to do anything Their policy is to slip
through and to sponge off somebody else. They
honor to ZION. An honest employe will give good
honest days work. Just think of it, ZION do not
spend anything for tobacco whisky drugs theatres the
evils of this world They cean and honest and indus
trious What to hinder ZION from becoming mighty
power?
Jesus says if you know that brother has anything
against you go and make it right and then and offer
your gift.
KEEP OUT OF COURT
The next paragraph is, Settle your out of court
"Agree with your adversary quickly, while you in
the way with him. lest at time the adversary deliver
you the judge and the judge deliver you to the officer
and you cast into prison. Verify unto thee Thou
shalt by come out thence till thou hast paid the
uttermost farthing'
Settle your case out of court. If a man has case
against you and just of complaint and he threatens
to bring you into court you the biggest fool out of the
asylum you do not settle it the spot YET strange to
say how there who will not do right in that par
cular! For instance, know who owed barber ten
cents for shave He rich old farmer. The barber
could not get that ten CENTS and he sued the and it
cost that ten cents for the shave and two dollars costs
besides Would it not have been good deal better for him
have paid for the shave at once? There hundreds of
cases where dollar two dollars, and five dol
lars, and will not pay The adversary brings them into
court and they have pay the five dollars and sometimes
fifty dollars more How foolish are
Take the advice of the Son of God settle your
out of court That is the proper thing to do
PURITY OF THOUGHT AND OF ACTION
The next subject is very delicate one, "Thou shalt
not commit adultery" said the law but Jesus the Christ
in the of MURDER points out that adultery is in the
thought in the spirit and He lifts the standard and takes
up the divorce question You notice what the Son of God
says: Whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the
of forncaon causeh her to commit adultery and
whosoever shall marry her that is divorced commtteth
adultery
In the face of this Sermon on the Mount-the Con-
sution of KINGDOM GoD and memorable law of
God-hundreds and thousands of men and women rush
pe nell into the courts of the land and set at naught the
plain Word of God But let it be known from ZION plat
FORM and through ZION literature that every and
who violates this portion of Gods Word will go to hell
don't to what church they belong ZION must strike
at the root of the difficulty She will strike at the of
the difficulty she is able to do So and she will
do it by proper teaching After while she will do it
by proper regulations The way to settle the divorce ques