The theocrat., 1918-06-01
The Sanctity of the Home Life
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II want to make it plain that it is not al
ways fair to lay at the door of the father or
mother, the waywardness of a boy or girl
There are cases in which they have done
everything in their power to train them
Alright, but in spite of that, the children have
drifted away, and whether they will ever get
entirely away from the teaching instilled into
them by their parents I do not know; but
do say that in the great majority of cases the
parents are to blame because they have not
held up the proper standard before their chill
dren.
4 "They have been lax and careless in attend
ing worship on the Lords Day; they have
omitted family worship; they have come short
of their duty in many ways; they have criti-
cized the General Overseer and Zion. They
therefore have no reason to be surprised when
their children become filled with the spirit of
rebellion and irreverence. They have no one
to blame but themselves when their boys and
girls drift out of Zion.
Every student and statesman knows that
the ominous sign of national decay is the
violation of the marriage tie and the destruc-
ton of the home life. Before Rome fell, vice
was rampant, and the nation was filled with
harlOts. No nation can continue to exist
which does not guard the virtue of woman
hood and the sanctity of the home.
Zone of the outstanding signs of the times
in which we are living and the rapid approach
of the destruction of the present order is
denial of the Divinity Of Jesus Christ
con every hand today people scoff at the
verbal inspiration of the Word of God. Null
titudes are busy telling the world that Chris
tianity is myth and a superstition.
''In the face of these conditions, it is i'm
perative that we stand firmly for truth and
righteousness. Who will hold out? Who will
be faithful?
"In Zion we must have everything the
powers of darkness are seeking to destroy.
In Zion there must be no doubt anywhere of
the verbal inspiration of the Bible. We ac-
cept the whole range of truth, Jesus Christ
being the greatest exhibition = the Way, the
Truth and the Life.
another sign Of the times is the fact that
thousands of churches are being vacated -
sold under the hammer - because people no
longer care for Divine worship on the Lords
Day. They are out pleasure riding, attend
ing Sunday baseball and busy following the
paths of pleasure and self-indulgence
"The rank and file do not think any more
Of desecrating the Lords Day than of taking
drink of water. But let me say, as far as
my voice can reach, that no Individual can
forsake the house of God on the Lords Day
and not suffer for it,
Il say, God forbid that any one in our
ranks should absent himself from Divine wor-
ship. If we are to keep the little children, if
we are to keep their minds pure, if we are to
lnstill into their tender hearts reverence for
things sacred, we must love the house of God.
The true Christian would rather be in Gods
house on the Lords Day than anywhere else.
Another institution which has almost been
destroyed is the mid-week prayer meeting.
The ministers say that they cannot get the
people out on Wednesday night; but in this
church they come out in hundreds May the
fire OF the prayer meeting burn brighter and
brighter as time goes on!
1T is often asked, what will happen to the
children when the saints are caught up in the
Rapture? It has been said many times that
all children will be caught up, regardless of
the lives which their parents are leading; but
am not inclined to the opinion that this will
be true.
II believe that the children of believing
parents will be taken up, but that the children
of unbelieving parents will be left behind -
that inst as the sons of Noah waro taken info