The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-07-22
I tabernacle Addresses
By Wilbur Glenn VoEva
By Wilbur Glenn VoEva
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is this that the Savior all the way from His home in Glory
down through the cradle in the manger at Bethlehem along
the weary journey of His this earth unto Geth
and the Cross is that of sedenia and sefsacrce
Oh that God would help today to learn that except
dies he cannot lve and the who will die to himself
and to the world will live in the hearts of mankind
Never!
Did read the story of the large Queen
Lake Erie beautiful day when, all at once person
FASTENED to the side of the captain and whispered he
ship is fire. Three hundred passengers board
The word passed quickly to every and they
asking the Captain s there any hope? and he said
mo hope except to to the shore Guiding that ship
John Maynard Obeyng the Captain he stayed at his
post steering the ship for the Shore until at last his left
hand dropped to his side Then the Captain shouted Zone
minute more Graspng the wheel tighter than ever, he
guided the ship until it began CRATE upon the sand and
gravel and three hundred passengers saved but John
Maynard sank the deck dead Through his sacrifice three
hundred lives saved.
On September 6, 1885, of the Farne Islands,
the ghthousekeeper looking out discovered people cngg
to the rocks He afraid go the rescue but his
daughter frail girl born in 1876 begged her father to
CO. saying II will go with YOU At last she persuaded him
to Out of tythree passengers tryegh had already
been drowned among them the captain and his wife.
Grace Darling, with her father faced the storm and
reached the surviving and brought nine of them
safely to shore In few days purse Of hundred
pounds sent to the heroine. Her name is known
throughout the civilized world result of her heroic deed
of love-
PERsEvERING WORK IN GODS KINGDOM CROWNED WITH
BLESSING
You do something. Let every man in this con-
gregaon today die to himself and every die to her
SELF and all deny themselves and wonders can be DONE
Cyrus W. Field toed day and night for thirteen weary
years to lay the Atlantic cable He scoed He
scorned They called him fool. He formed company,
raised large of money begun his work. only to have
his heart crushed by the cable swapping and going to the
bottom of the Deep Returning to England they laughed
at him than and called him fool But he set
to work and formed company and started out again
and laid two thousand miles of cable and at last message
received at the other end Then there great
joicing
Any man who holds on to lions ideas, any man who
says they be worked out will be called fool and will
be neered at and laughed at but God is not dead and the
principles for which ZION stands eternal Sometime,
somewhere they will be worked out and then of you
will come around and say, II would like a seat.'
Yes, all can do something You all pray. Oh, what
power there is in prayer! IT, when start trip,
backed by the prayers of the people, that worth
more than all the money.
had letter from the other day, saying in
substance, eve do not want you here; have got
for you. We don't like you We not in sympathy with
you" So I sat down and said:
"My dear Brother and Sister in the t-Your let
ter duly received and contents noted shall to
though knew would receive treatment than
that accorded dog for have faced the jaws of death
than for the Chriss sake and not afraid to go
to any town in this country any other country. Be
assured of my Christian love- and it, at any time
der you any service, do not hesitate to ask for it.
with Christian love, kind Wishes and praying Gods
blessings upon you, am faithfully yours in Jesus Name
| sure that | have. Some do not want to know
the truth Some people would rather believe lie e Thess
2:11). But I will go wherever God wants to go and
preach the Gospel What does matter what they say?
1t does not matter at ALL You all do something.
PATHETIC STORY OF LOVE AND DEVOTION
reading this story: that Gustavus Adolphus,
of Swedens most heroic kings went out time to fight
battle After long contest he the victory. He took
captive two hundred who had been born Sweden but who
had gone to certain city to make their homes there When
the they took arms to defend Themselves
All of them sentenced to DEATH They taken out
side of the city to wait until the morning. when they
to be lined and shot traitors number of officials
begged Adophus not to put them to DEATH but he said II