The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1918-06-08

Why did not Jesus Christ call of those Phar-
sees? Why did not Jesus Christ take of those high
priests instead of those meek and humble fishermen?
Smpy because they would respond to the truth Jesus
told those twelve Apostles and He gradually unfoded to
them the necessity of His DEATH do not understand it.
Why was necessary for Christ to die? Why
sary for Him be nailed to the cross? The Apostles could
not understand it, and the moment He told them He
would be put DEATH their hearts filled with sorrow
observe thing here Jesus did not find fault with hem
Jesus did not upbraid them He knew their weakness and
He knows our weakness, and do plead with ZION today,
do not forget to initiate the Christ in all of the beautiful
attitudes that He showed toward the SICK and the suffer-
ing.
It is all right to be firm like to people firm; and
lit all right to be RADICAL and it is all right to be extreme
II believe in being extreme, but believe in always at all
times and under all circumstances, with the spirit of firm
ness showing the spirit of love and compassion
CHRIST EVER CONSOLES.
Jesus the Christ said to those sorrowing Apostles LET
not your heart troubled and those words have
and they for just much as they were
for the disciples I do not what you passing
through whether is the loss of loved whether it is
long, hard wrestling with disease what it is Jesus says,
LET your heart be troubled and He always has beau
fu words to comfort For instance through the Apostle
Paul. God sad 81 would not have to be ignorant breth
ren concerning them who asleep Gin Christi that we
sorrow not as others who have hope Here Jesus
to the Apostles Let not heart be troubled What
lis the first thing? eye believe i'm whom?
(VoIcEs: "In CODY
THE WORST KIND OF INFDELITY
In this day and generation how great need there of
seeing we'll to it that your faith in Gods existence is UNI
waverng believe that of the greatest sins of the
ent time of unbeef and the first great antidote
for all trouble unwaverng faith in the Eternal God
every and in this Tabernacle today can say
eyes, believe in God' then you to be congratulated
but fear there ndes in this audience What kind
of ndes? Surely every here would say II believe in
Cod" All but the worst kind of ndey is not the nde
lty which leads to 81 don't believe in any God at
ALL but the worst kind of indelity is when man says
eyes, believe there is God and then lives as though
there God.
How many processing Christians today living all
the year round as though there Cod remember
very we'll being entertained by who had Travelled e
tensvely of great intelligence who at one time had
professed be Christian and then renowned it ALL One
evening" after supper he said to Il 90 not believe there
is any hell and do not believe there is any God at ALL
found out after being in that neghborhood short tme
that that man had stolen farm from old man, old
man whom think was about the oldest member of the
Methodist church in that town. He used to attend my meet
ings remember him very we'll This inhdel had delber
aey by fraud stolen two hundred acres OF and and
after he had stolen he worked himself up TO peeVe tnat
there is no hell.
lot of people the place where they do not be-
eve there any hell because they get certain amount of
consolation from the thought that if there hell they will
not be in danger of going to hell but for to believe
there hell will not keep him from pungng into hell
long time after that visit riding along the road
with that and he telling about certain number
of individuals who had been working Sunday He spoke
of in that neghborhood who went out to pow corn
Sunday and the horses away with him and killed
him. He told about another in the neighborhood
adjoining farm who afraid his wheat would be
ruined if he let it stand Sunday He went into the
wheaed and got beard of wheat in his and lost his
sight He said very wicked in that community
after those things had happened remarked T looks to
as though there were God in Israeli and this said
Il am not sure myself, but that there is Cod"