The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-03-25


demanding our attention at this time, but
there is no more fascinating subject to me
than the study of men | never saw two
persons alike; they all differ mentally,
physically and in other respects. 1t has
been said, and said truthfully, that we
are educated by everything with which
we come In contact, from the cradle to the
grave, and [ feel that [ have added chap
ter to my education, as have sat here to-
night and listened to the various items
on the program and the various remarks
of the respective speakers.
Makers of history are seldom, if ever
writer's of history. There is nothing that
a man who is accomplishing anything, so
much dislikes, as to talk about the work
which he has in hand. There is a sense in
which man who is engaged in a special
work, is oblivious to it. In other words,
there is an Inconsistencies about him as
he proceeds step by step
Zion City, in which we are assembled,
is simply the inevitable outgrowth of cer-
tain truths, principles, ideas and ideals.
It is yet in the embryonic state. We are
simply pressing forward to the realiza-
ton of certain ideals
'"This banquet is given by Zion Stores,
one Of the units in the Commercial de-
partment of Zion's work = that work
which, for convenience, is divided into,
first, the Ecclesiastical; second, the Educa-
tional; third, the Commercial; fourth, the
Political.
"Of all the subjects that attract me,
organization is one of the most fascinat-
ing, and if time would permit, [ would
like to talk at some length as to the genius
of organization. Organizers, like poets,
are born-they are not made. Organizers
are very few, executives are very few.
Gas the General Manager said, within
a few years institutions have been estab-
lished, which now employ between four
and five hundred persons. But [ care not
for the past, only as | can point to it as an
inspiration There is greater work to be
done in the future
81 take this occasion to express my ap-
probation of the General Manager, of the
Assistant General Manager, and of the
Managers, and Of the Co-Workers.
L can see room for improvement, and
while I am not pro-German, neither am
pro-English, or pro-anything else, the
greatest organization in the world today
is the German army, and I am a stickler
for the one man leadership.
''I don't care how your great corpora
tions, or your great organizations or your
great department stores are run, there is
always one overpowering, all-predominat-
ing head that virtually governs and con-
trolls When E. H. Hartman, was asked
how he could accomplish the things that
were written about him in the papers and
magazines, he said Il always had the final
voice and say
In this country we talk about democ-
racy, but we have it in theory only. AL
ways, there is some one man who sits in
council, who has the intellect that towers
above that Of the others, and who, at last,
has the final voice. In Zion, we have no
committees never have had. Dr. Dowie
took that stand, and we have always fol-
lowed it.
''I am perfectly willing to have anybody
investigate Zion Institutions and Indus
tries We are running these institutions,
so far as we know, and as far as we can
learn from others, on a solid, financial
business basis.
''While we are religious body, we must
follow well-established principles of busi-
ness. Some of our good people don't real
ize this. Some people imagine that 10y
atty to Zion is all that is necessary to
manage an institution This is not true.
A man may be a good earnest Christian,
and Zion man, and not have the ability
to manage, to direct, to govern.
"Now certain amount of talk is neces-
sary, but what the world wants today, is
the goods, and you must deliver the
goods
"We have passed through some trying
experiences. Very few people realize the
conditions that have obtained in this
country, during the past three and half
years, and had it not been for this univer-
sal war, and the spending of an immense
amount of money in this country, for war
this country would have passed