The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1918-12-07

''The next thing this world will witness will
be universal anarchy. The rider on the white
horse is soon to appear.
''Boshevism in Russia is committing the
most atrocious crimes in the name OF liberty
Every country in Europe is looking upon this
monster with dread Statesmen are warning
against tyranny more terrible than the tyran-
ny Of autocracy-the tyranny OF the MOB
Everywhere you hear the noise of strife be-
tween labor and capital.
'"There never was an age like this There
never was such widespread unbeEef-such Grass
ignorance Of the Word of God. One writer has
warned that if the delegates to the Peace Con-
ference do not take God into their counsels they
will end in failure Whenever unregenerate
man leaves God out Of his reckoning the world
becomes ripe for revolution and anarchy.
GA Thanksgiving service in Zion is radically
different from what it is anywhere else.
81 thank God that the war has closed, and
at the same time. [ have vision of what is
coming NV Bible warns me that when they
shall say, Peace and safety, then sudden de,
struction cometh upon them There is no real
peace in the world today and there never Will
be until the Prince of Peace comes and sets up
His Kingdom.
"My heart is full of joy that the rule of God
is coming, and I look forward to that day with
great anticipation, when sickness, sin and death
will have been destroyed
'tOur hearts are full of praise for Jesus, and
we love Him. He has done great things for you
and for me- On Calvary He paid the price will
ingly that you and [ ought to have paid ALI
that you and ever did pales into insignificance
beside that which Jesus Christ did for us. lie
took upon Himself the shame and sin OF all
humanity down through the ages.
''I thank God for the Holy Spirit
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to take the Word Of God from me.
''I thank God for every good thing at all
times, morning. noon and night.
CHOW, have heard Of some people who were
very good at prayer, but whose voices were
never heard in praise. There is this vital dill
ference between prayer and praise: In prayer
YOU and the things you desire are concerned; in
praise, God is concerned The Christian whose
heart is full Of JOY cannot refrain from pralslng
God and rendering thanks, and, IN praise,
man loses sight of himself.
''God can make even the wrath of man to
praise Him and overrule all his efforts. The
devil is the author Of all wars, but they do not
always come out as the devil intends because
God interpOses and exercises His sovereignty.
cit would be an absolute impossibility fol
the ex-kaiser or any other man, to set up an
other universal empire because Gods Word
tells us that there would be four in the world s
history and no more. The fifth will be Gods
own empire when the saints will sit with Christ
on His throne and rule this world with Him.
eve thank God that this horrible war is over
and that it has ended as it has; but do not cast
the Word Of God aside and believe people when
they tell you that the Millennium has come.
''Do not lull yourselves to sleep with the
thought Of fancied security. That is what the
people Of the world are doing; but they are due
for rude awakening The old pot is boiling
CHOW, Zion, be on your guard. There never
was time when it meant as much to be a
Christian as it means today. The subtle In
fuences Of Satan everywhere at work today will
ensnare you if you allow yourselves to lapse in
to carelessness or Indifference. Only by taking
the Word of God and attending strictly to the
means Of grace can you escape.