The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-07-29
TO THE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF
THE CHRISTIAN CATHOLIC APOS-
TOLIC CHURCH IN ZION

graciously committed into our hands, we
have had many joys, but never a greater
JOY than the joy which this day fills our
heart-that His time has come for the
reestablishment of Zion Educational Insti
tutions.
The wonderful story Of what has been
done to reestablish Zion enthusiastically,
commercially, and politically would fill a
large volume, and would make some of the
most interesting reading of any history
ever written-not even the history of the
most thrilling events in the career Of Gods
chosen people excepted.
1t was in the year 1898 that John Alex
ander Dowie, Founder, under God of the
Christian Catholic Apostolic Church in
Zion, in Central Zion Tabernacle, Chicago,
at the afternoon service on October 16,
spoke, in part, as follows:
AS the General Overseer of the Chris
tian Catholic Apostolic Church, with it's
many branches now throughout the world,
L have felt it to be absolutely incumbent
Struction of those who are workers in the
Seventies, and for the instruction of those
who will study for the ministry in the
Christian Catholic Apostolic Church.
Therefore, we have asked God, Who has
given us the Spirit of Instruction, to en-
able US to gather around us a staff Of in
structors who shall help us in establishing
Zion College,
ct want to tell you now that Zion Col
lege is about to be established, bless God /"
True to his declaration, he proceeded to
establish Zion schools in Chicago, and
then, when the gates Of Zion City were
opened, Zion schools were organized and
continued : the kindergarten, Junior
Schools, Preparatory, Ministerial, and
Night Schools-until, in 1905, the first
faculty had grown from eighteen to seven
ty-fve, and the number of students,
from twenty-nine to two thousand, one
hundred and thirty-six
When the time of great testing came to
Zion, the entire organization was shaken
enthusiastically, educationally, CONNER
cially, and politically. Zion schools were
discontinued, and for ten years now pub
lie schools, supported by state taxation,
have been operated in Zion City
During these years Of reconstruction, we
have done the best we could, all the time
thoroughly conscious Of the fact that Zion
must have as soon as possible her own
schools, where the Bible would be the main
Textbook; where Zion Literature would
be faithfully taught; where the spiritual
training of the children, youths, and
maidens would be given first place; where
one and all would be taught how to pray,
and would emerge from Zion Educational
Institutions true to God and to Zion.
The time has come!
We are now perfecting plans to open
Zion Educational Institutions Monday,
September Is (this date may be changed;
If so, announcement Of same will be made
in ample time, in LEAVES OF HEALING
and THE THEO OCRAT) the Kindergar-
ten, With two teachers; the Junior Schools,
with probably thirteen teachers; the Pre-
paratory College, with four or five instruc-
tors.
These schools will, in every sense Of the
word, be ZION SCHOOLS.
No child will be accepted in the Kinder
garten or Junior Schools, unless either the
father or mother, or both, are members of
the Christian Catholic Apostolic Church
IN Zion, in good standing.
In the case of orphans, the individual
responsible for same must be a member of
the Christian Catholic Apostolic Church in
Zion, IN good standing
No young man or woman will be ad- |
mitted as a student in Zion Preparatory
College who is not member of the Chris
tian Catholic Apostolic Church in Zion,
in good standing.
Any others than the children Of
members of the Christian Catholic
Apostolic Church in Zion and any
others than young men and women,
members of the Christian Catholic
Apostolic Church in Zion, who may
have desire to attend Zion Schools, may,
if they wish, call and see the General
Overseer Of the Christian Catholic Apos-
tolic Church in Zion, who will also be the
President Of Zion Educational Institutions
Wewill do everything within our power,