The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1918-07-27
Spirit in crying from the depths Of our spirits,
Lord Jesus, come!
Brief Review by General Overseer

Ravens. after which the General Overseer again
arose and made few general remarks covering
a wide field some Of which are quoted IN SUBJ
stance:
"The ordination of officers, which will come
at later point in this service, is very solemn
matter to which [ have given great deal OF
thought and prayerful study. -Four apostles
will be ordained, three elders, two evangellsts
and the greater part OF one hundred deacons
and deaconesses.
cit is impossible for anyone to understand
all the principles that have guided me IN tnese
matters. There must be mutual love and Tor
bearance in order Tor everyone 10 nave 'ioo
unity and fellowship.
ssfrha time has come when / must have an
organization of officers that can take many
burdens off my shoulders
every cent Of the special offering thus al
ternoon will go for the educational work WHICH,
God willing, will begin it's third year in Septem-
her. and which have no doubt will reach an
enrolment Of one thousand students.
Gan I am asking the people to do in this
special offering is to support the stall am
not asking you for any money for engineers,
for the ianitor, for the insurance, Tor the taxes
or the fuel and the only thing am asking
special offering for in Zion is the educatlonai
work.
want. beginning Immediately after this Feast,
TO put more workers in the field, to print more
literature. and to push the work in preaching
the Gospel T trust as Zion never has done be-
fore.
81 call your attention to the reports OF two
workers who have sold nearly 62, 900 copies OF
Leaves of Healing in 1917 days, RENTED
So 100 in cash for literature, and distributed
between two and three hundred thousand pieces
of literature in that length OF time.
81 call your attention to one man on TINS
platform who in thirty-six months knocked at
the doors of 100000 homes.
81 call your attention to the reports OF the
quartet Of workers who have recently returned,
who have travelled altogether in the automobile,
$4,000 miles. you have their report In the
Leaves of Healing.
CHOW want to put more workers IN the held,
and thank God for what He has done. When
the people are right you do not have to bother
about money and do not say very much about
it.
81 have told you during the Feast of Taber
nacles some things / have to have, between
sunrise and sunset every day OF the year, for
the pay roll alone, seventeen hundred dollars.
[ thank God that He has never failed. Since
March l, 1911, in one line alone, God has put
into my hands one million two hundred thou
tent that had nothing and [ said, THE day
will come when God will place millions OF dol
lars in nv hands - and that day has come.
"With between two and three hundred Off
GERS under my personal direction, training and
instruction = the connecting link between the
General Overseer and the organization = with
a consecrated people here and throughout the
world with an economical conservative bust
ness administration, what will Zion become,
should the Lord tarry, in a few years moreY
CHOW then, this afternoon, with perfect free
dom, with the joy of the Lord you march
around this BARREL not only officers and men,
bers but anybody in the congregation who
wants to do so, feel perfectly free. Ii there is
any one in our ranks who is unable to contribute
one cent, then march around and pray the
prayer Of faith.
ct am not bothering myself, not for one Sec
ond, about this money. God has never failed
me. will have that money, and have it before
the time expires. Do not make any mistake
about it. [ can see that money now. | do not
have to walk by sight. [ walk by faith in my
God and Heavenly Father
The special offering which was then taken for
the educational work was a wonderful sight,
which could be duplicated nowhere else on
earth Sightseers, who had stopped in at the
Tabernacle, stood amazed as the hundreds upon
hundreds Of people = little children, youths
and maidens, parents and grandparents - COM
posing the vast audience, filed rapidly by the
barrel draped in Zion colors, each dropping in
his offering as he passed
Officers Ordained