The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1918-05-04

Excellent audiences were present at both the
afternoon and evening services held by the Gen
eral Overseer on last Lords Day IN the Shu-
bert-Murat theater building, Indianapolis, con-
sidering weather conditions, which were very
adverse.
The main floor of the building, which seats
1000. was nicely filled and considerable num-
Der were seated in the gallery All box seats
were occupied.
At D. m. the General Overseer spoke from
the subject: ''The World s Last Warning, and
the Next Great Event on God Program to be
Fulfilled" At Z :45 p. m. after prelude on,
E'Medical Freedom or Compulsory Vaccination
Subjected to Grilling Examination, = he spoke
from the subject: "Two Great World D1vl-
sions = the Kingdom Of the North and the
Revived Roman Empire - which will meet for
the final conflict at the Battle Of Armageddon;
and the approach of three great world figures
the King Of the North, the Antichrlst, and the
False Prophet - who are to take the principal
parts in the closing scenes OF the Age
At both the afternoon and evening services
the closest attention was given throughout and
but very few people left. After the services,
considerable number remained to shake hands
and speak with the General Overseer, some OF
them from his old home neighborhood
The music was furnished by the seml-chorus
from Zion City under the direction of Conductor
Thomas A number of uniformed Zion Guards
served as ushers in seating the audience
The following report of the services appeared
in The Indianapolis Star, the leading paper OF
that city:
VOLIVA EXPECTS CHRIST'S RETURN
Zion Overseer Declares He Knows Date and
Hour, but Not Year Of Event
''I expect to live to see the second coming OF
Christ" stated Wilbur Glenn Voliva, general
overseer of the Christian Catholic Apostolic
Church Of Zion, in his address at the Murat
Theater yesterday afternoon. According to
Voliva, the successor to John Alexander Dowie,
the next great event on Gods program to be
fulfilled is the coming of Christ
''I know the month, the day, the hour he
continued but don't know the year When
a man talks about the end of the world being
close at hand he does not know what he is talk
ing about There is no such thing as the end OF
the world The time will come when the de-
parted spirits, which are now in paradise will be
returned to their earthly bodies, but there will
be no end to the world.
Stage Set for Millennium
'FThis world will be the stage and the scene Of
the Golden Age, known as the Millennium.
Scripture says that when the fig tree begins
putting out it's leaves we may know that sum-
mer is nigh. The fig tree is the Jewish race:
Jerusalem is now in their hands, and COM
mittee is now perfecting the plans for the re-
storation Of the Jew. All that remains for the
fulfllment of this Scripture is the coming of
summer, namely, the coming of Christ
Voliva took issue with the various religious
denominations and with the practice Of medi-
cine. He said person to enter many churches
must do more than is required to get into
heaven, namely, to be baptized. "We (Zion
ministers) do not baptize to make him
Christian - he said. "We baptize him because
he is Christian"
Voliva ridculed the theory Of Copernicus u
that the world revOlves about the sun. He said
that he could not hear it move nor see it, nor
feel it. ''Talk about the sun being 92,OOO,O0O
miles away from the earth. Who ever heard Of
man putting light ninety-two miles away
from his house to light it?''
Stands for Loyalty
Voliva did not touch the subject Of the war,
but he did say: 81 will not receive or retain
any one in the church that is not loyal to the
United States, the President, or who utters any
words Of disrespect to the Stars and Stripes.
He announced that Zion had made plans to
open a local branch Of the church in Castle Hall
on East Ohio street.
La the evening also he spoke to large audi |
ence.
SPECIAL NOTE BY THE GENERAL
OVERSEER