The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1917-01-06
Tabernacle Addresses
BY Wilbur Glenn Voliva
HEROES OF FAITH

ADDRESS
TEXT: "Now faith is the substance of things hoped
for the evidence of things not seen."-Hebrews L.
GENERAL OvERsEER: I pray that Cod through the
Holy Spirit will enlighten your spirits and enable you to
understand this of the most wonderful and of the
most important statements of Holy Writ
First of ALL my beloved hearers, cannot refrain from
reminding you of the specific time in which you and
living today
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE TINE OF THE END" TO BE Con-
sIDERED COPS PEOPLE
You will find many important statements in the Word
of Cod both in the Old the New Testaments regarding
time-"the tme "the tines and of all periods of time
referred to in the Bible the most important is the
often designated The Day of the Lord" The time of the
end"
special blessing is pronounced upon the servant
whom the Lord shall find giving meat in due unto the
people.
Every time has it's special message.
Many messages have been delivered that have sgn-
cance for other than by of the enuncaon of
tain principles, and by the giving of example, illus
trated by the message of Noah to the anteduvians
spoke here last Lords Day the Second Coming of
Christ. You know, when a is full of subject and
when his zeal is at white heat the disappointment that
to him this How it that everybody else does
not feel the way?
AS have said in a number of meetings during this
last week. it is hard for to understand why all of
not at white heat for the building of ZION CITY.
1t is my life!
It is the great desire of my heart to the work
perfected which forth in embryonic form under John
Alexander Dowies ministry and to the principles which
he enuncated worked out and put into practice; and
could not think of such thing allowing other thing
Gods earth to interfere with working out that great
purpose, for it is Gods purpose.
have been studying the subject of Faith all my life
less; but for many months have studied it in
very different way from before.
do not believe that it is possible to define faith
than believe is possible to define the love of God
THE WORD OF GOD GIVES EVIDENCE WHAT FAITH IN GOD
used to Think did not know any better; and have
continued to think until recently and have stated So
that this first of the eleventh chapter of Hebrews
definition of faith But today that it is such
thing. 1t is in no sense definition of faith.
There no attempt here to define fah for the moment
you attempt to define the indenabe it fees from
and escapes.
have two statements telling what faith does not what
it is.
In the first place. putting it into the simplest English
faith is that which gives of reality to the objects
of Christian hope.
Faith is that which takes the place of proof argu
ments to the mnd-the evidence the proof of things that
yet, cannot be
Faith is that which obtrudes ITSELF and puts aside the
innumerabe material objects that in through the chan
nels of the and things of the spiritual realm
stern realities.
have been studying today-but have only made
beginning.
Faith not belong the physical to the psychca
part of mans being Faith is the eye of the immortal
spirit which clearly things in the upper and the spirit
ual realm.
If an Individual came forward today who was dying of
tumor which all of you people could with the physical
eye just as you standing this PLATFORM and that
Individual prayed for faith is that which makes the
healing of that person reality The eye of the immortal
spirit lays hold of it and sees it.
If instantly, that tumor disappeared everybody here