The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1918-07-20
EARLY MORNING SERVICE


The services of the day began at $50 a. m
with the early morning sacrifice Of praise, prayer
and testimony, opened with Scripture reading by
Apostle Peckham on the soon coming of the Lord
for His saints.
1t was very spiritual service throughout.
Many visitors spoke and some wonderful testl-
monies were given, one of recent healing of
total blindness and another of dropsy in the worst
FORM No doubt both testimonies will appear in
Leaves of Healing at an early date.
CONSIDERATION OF CHILDREN
At 9:30 a. m splendid audience assembled
for the Bible School, the entire main floor being
packed. Practically the entire service was oc-
cupied with the conservation of children by the
General Overseer.
The scene could not have been duplicated any
where else on earth. The sea Of happy, upturned
faces the babes in mothers arms, the little chill
dren, the youths and maidens, the middle aged
and those of advanced years = presented an in
spring scene of unparalleled interest.
Perhaps there are many people, especially out
side of Zion, who do not understand the s1gnlh-
canoe of service for the conservation of chill
dren.
1t is one of the most sacred and beautiful
services performed in Zion = a service having
very solemn and impressive meaning. The Gen
eral Overseer read the following verses, showing
that the Lord Himself took the little children i'll
His arms, laid His hands on them, prayed over
them and blessed them:
Then there brought unto Him little chill
dren, that He should put His hands on them, and
pray: and the disciples rebuked them.
But Jesus said Suffer little children and forbid
them not to come unto Me: for of such is the
kingdom of heaven.
And He laid His hands on them, and departed
thence. Matthew 19:13-15)
'It is easy to recognize in this conservation SER
vice." said the General Overseer, zone of the
most important steps toward royal generation a
generation conceived in prayer instead of in sin
born in righteousness instead of in iniquity; hav
ing glorious and advantageous start in life in
stead of an adverse and iniquitous one as is true
today, for the most part, of the children that come
into this world.
"What contrast to children born outside of
Zion where, with but few exceptions, they hear
profanity and everything that is vile and filthy
from their babyhood; where they are familiar
lied with the sight of people using tobacco and
liquor from the time they walk, and where
they are exposed to every vice and temptation the
devil can invent for their downfall and destruc-
ton.
Here are children born of parents born in
Zion, who have never known anything else but to
trust in God Here is a company of children
whose blood has not been inoculated in accordance
with the filthy inventions Of man with the pollut-
ing virus of one kind and another.
"You parents who are here this morning to
present children for conservation bear very
great responsibility. You who present these chill
dren, as you look UP into the face of your Father
in Heaven must be able to say that, so far as you
know your own hearts, you are not covering up
sin or regarding iniquity; that you have repented
of your sins; that to the utmost extent of your
knowledge and ability you have made right the
wrongs of your life; that you are conscious of
salvation through faith in Jesus the Christ that
you have family altar; that you show your
gratitude to God by returning thanks at the table
for His bounties; that you have, in a measure,
conquered the tendencies of the flesh, and that