The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-07-26
Last Lords Day of lions Nineteenth
Feast of Tabernacles
A Blessed Service Marks Close of Series

is most beautiful chorus, as its title sug
gests. Woven throughout the ponderous
passages is beautiful, soft antiphonal part
in the form of distant echo, set to the
words of the Sanctus, which was sung by
four young ladies in the rear gallery ac-
companied by the Echo organ.
At the close of this selection, the pic
ture of the large audience was taken.
The solo, Hear My Cry, by Wooley,
was then rendered by Mrs Lucille Carnes
After few informal remarks by the Gen
eral Overseer, the Choir rendered the
"Hallelujah Chorus, by Handel, the aud
ience arising and remaining standing, as is
customary during the rendition of this mag
nifcent selection
ADDRESS
The General Overseer then arose and de-
livered a very brief address, from which
a few thoughts, sketched in longhand, are
here presented
Il was asked yesterday to make state
ment to daily paper, giving the reason why,
when the 'dboring element over the country
is striking, and there is spirit of restless
ness everywhere, we have no strike in Zion.
There never was time in the history of
the world when strikes were so general as
now. The present order is doomed, and
a new order will be uShered in.
''In Zion we are Christians we work and
cooperate for common end we are labor
ing for principle, not greed nor selfish
ness. The question, therefore, is not
difficult one to answer.
My position regarding the League of
Nations, is that it is piece of deception,
and the United States of America has no
business in it. 1t is simply the dark shadow
of the Revived Roman Empire. The North
eastern Confederacy will arise and be head
ed by Russia, seconded by Germany, and
joined by Japan, China and Persia. The
man of destiny will be brought out of his
hiding place in Europe in very short time
Under his rule, the Jews will return to
Palestine in great numbers, build their uni
versity and their temple, and reinstate the
daily sacrifice
There is not prophecy regarding the
time of the end yet to be fulfilled before
the Lord comes for His saints Then the
seven year period of Gentle dominion will
begin, during the last three and one-half
years of which "there shall be great tribu
lation, such as was not since the beginning
of the world to this time, no, nor ever
shall be"
And except those days should be shortened,
there should no flesh be saved: but for the
elects sake those days shall be shortened =
Matthew 24:21, 22.
Gas the end Of the seven-year period ap-
Il.
christ and the King of the North will meet
in battle in Palestine, near Jerusalem; and
then Christ will come in glory and the
Battle of Armageddon will be fought and
after the rubbish is cleared away Christ
will begin His Milennial reign over the
nations of this earth for one thousand
years, with the Capital at Jerusalem.
The day is coming when capitalism will
reap all it has sown in greed and oppres-
sion and the only hope for this old world
is the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.
A Financial Bombshell Hurled into Ranks
of lions Enemies
'T will talk for ten minutes on finances
touching only the high spots.
Last February, criminal conspiracy
was formed with the idea of wrecking
Vo1va and Zion, and wrestling the control
of Zion City from the hands of the people
who had founded it and transf formed the
city site from stretch of prairie land into
a clean, wholesome thriving town.
i thank God for every enemy I have.
Every man who does anything worth while
will always have enemies. The man who
dies without enemies is merely cipher with
the rim rubbed out. I have lots of enemies.
and | also have lots of friends. The man
IN public life who comes out fearlesslv on
great issues will always antagonize lot of
people, but at the same time he will have
host of supporters and hackers.
Now these tools of the Devil who have
been lmpotently trying to hinder and trad
uce Zion for years, and who have miserablv
failed in everything they have undertaken.
got man by the name of Shurtleff. little
p1qued politician, for whom Zion did not
vote, to introduce resolution in the Legis
lature at Springfield, calling for an investi
CATION of Voliva and his religion.
DO not put all members of the State
Legislature on pinnacles. That is where
they ought to be- but some of them are
tar from being paragons of honor and up-
r1ghtness. Not all lawlessness is found
among so-called crooks and criminals Law
lessness is everywhere today, for the law
less one, is approaching, and will soon take
the reins and rule the world.
Now a committee was appointed to in
Vestigate Voiva and his church. They
called before them number of witnesses
the same old bunch, for the most part Of
'soreheads, and lying traducers that we have