The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1918-09-21


spirits may be full of the Righteousness Of God,
and that this people, by their very faces and
conduct, may show to the world that Jehovah
dwells in their midst
Hear us, own us, and bless us, for Jesus
sake. Amen"
The General Overseer then delivered the
opening address, a synopsis Of which is here
given:
II thank God that l am privileged to be here
at the opening devotional service of Zion Edu-
cational Institutions.
81 love the word Zion. 1t makes my heart
leap for Joy to say, ZION EDUCATIONAL IN
STITUTIONS.
''We have completed two years Of work. and
the record is with God, to Whom we shall all
have to give an account for the deeds done in
the flesh
eve are now facing the school year 1918
1919. [ want you to realize, as far as you can,
what Zion Educational Institutions mean and
what they stand for
81 remember hearing Dr. Dowie say in Chi
cago one time that he would rather have di-
ploma from Zion Educational Institutions than
from any other institution of learning in the
world; and so would [.
''I have attended and taken courses in several
institutions Of learning and know what thor
ough educational work means We are well
prepared to take care of the Kindergarten De-
partment, of the various grades in the Junior
Department, and of the young people in the Pre-
paratory Department.
''Zion Educational Institutions have proven
an absolute success and in these days Of peril,
God has provided them for His people. We are
prepared to take care of the children right up
to the first year Of college work. and [ believe
we have people here properly trained to take
care of that also. AS rapidly as possible we
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will be permitted to attend outside schools. If
we are to save these young men and women we
must draw the line.
'The other day I was talking to young man
who had attended an outside school, and asked
him if he ever heard God's Name mentioned
there and he replied, Only in an oath | asked
him if he ever heard any one refer to the Bible
and he said, Only with a sneer.
81 then asked him how many boys he found
there whom he thought were fit to associate
with, and he replied that he selected six when
he first went to the school but that he had since
changed his mind about some of them [ asked
him how many young men there were in the
school who did not smoke cigarets, and he re-
piled that he thought there were about ten.
II then inquired as to how the young men
spent their leisure hours, and he said that they
spent them in the pool room [ asked him if
they ever mentioned Gods Name or sang any
sacred songs He replied that when any one
did, they all Uttered and laughed.
CHOW, any parents who prefer to send their
boys and girls to schools of that kind, can do
SO, but [ would not want to carry the response
bility before God.
"a great deal depends upon the kind of work
done in the schoolroom 1t is not always in the
most pretentious institutions of learning that
the best work is done.
. L started In at a little country school, and 1T
was good school. They called it 'Granny's
Corner'-and when we got through there, we
knew something. We did not say 'hain't nor
have saw
eve usually had about four months Of school
in the winter, and then the funds ran out.
After that, some young woman would go around
and take names for subscription school. and
we would go to that for few weeks more.
II studied arithmetic in that little back
woods school, | studied grammar, history,
geography, physiology and other things, and
tell you we had to do thorough work-far more
thorough than many pupils do to-day.
"a number of boys who attended school
there, afterwards stood at the head of their
classes in the Terre Haute Normal School We
had to work in those days-no foolishness about
it.
9 | am firm believer in education Persons
with limited education live I'M very small
"ollu PlCy any one VINO mas never nad ad-
vantages of this kind, and there is no excuse
whatever for any boy or girl failing to get the
very best there is to be had right here in Zion
Schools.
- lot depends upon the teachers and to you
teachers in Zion Educational Institutions will
say that want you to be Christlike. I would
not, for anything in the world have any one
on this staff who is an unconverted man or
woman.
Every student should love and respect his
teachers. and every teacher Shn11ld darao,.t