The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-02-08
Addresses Delivered at the
All-Night Meeting
1918 1919
Continued from last week)
ADDRESS BY ELDER NEAL

1t has been and is great Joy TO me TO De III
Zion. For the last two years have been on the
outside and | am glad to be here tonight.
| have been thinking Of a time when | was
away from God, sick and tired Of the conditions
around me. | labored afor about four years in
the Baptist Church and | did not know much
about God | know that I had no experience Of
the "new birth" and that | was not converted,
although [ had been received into that church,
baptized, and was president Of the young peoples
society and superintendent of the Sunday School.
| have been greatly uplifted in listening to
what has been said here tonight.
l believe with all my heart that "God hath
founded Zion and in her shall the afflicted of
His people find refuge" | remember well an
utterance of DR.. DoWie, our former leader. He
told that when he was sitting in the quiet OF
his room, he looked up and said, Father, have
you anything special to go out from Zion at this
hour" This message came to him in the spirit:
"What shall one then answer the messengers
of the nation? That the Lord hath founded
Zion, and in her shall the afflicted of Gods
people find refugee Isaiah IA :32. (Revised
Verson.)
l know that God brought me to Zion.
| was taken from cornf1eld to be consecrated
to my God and Heavenly Father. He has used
me in a small way and He could have used me
in greater measure, if my conservation had
been deeper. I want my life to be wholly His
| remember the words of the Apostle Paul,
when he says:
81 beseech you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present your bodies
living sacrifice, holy, acceptable, unto God, which
is your reasonable service. > Romans 12:1.
1t seems to me that if we give ourselves and
all, we have done very little in comparison
with the great sacrifice Christ made for US.
I have been thinking recently so much about
Gods wonderful love.
For God 90 loved the world that He oave
His Only Begotten Son, that whosoever believe+h
IN Him should not PERISH Blu. have everlasting
life."-John 3:16
In Isaiah the Fifty fourth Chapter and Seven
teenth Verse, you have these words:
No weapon that is formed against thee shall
prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against
thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is
the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and
their righteousness is of Me, saith the Lord
[ am glad that God has revealed to me, in
measure, the things of Zion we have gone
along. When we changed leaders, [ am glad to
say that it did not bother me an iota | thought
of the story of Moses and the children Of Israel.
The time came when his work was done and God
said to joshua "Moses my servant is dead"
The Lord gave to Joshua the mighty commits
sion He had given to Moses, of leading the chill
dren of Israel into the promised land.
There shall not any man be able to stand be-
fore thee all the days of thy life: as | was with
Moses, so I will be with thee: will not fail thee,
nor forsake thee.
"Ony be thou strong and very courageous. p
Joshua 5, g.
thank God that we have had that in our
present leader. Without plenty Of courage the
courage that can come only from the Living God
no man could have undertaken what Our pres
ent leader has gone through in Zion. 1t seems
to me that came to the place where God said,
my servant is dead" and where He gave into
the hands of Our beloved General Overseer the
comnlission of leading Zion into the promised
land
Gods clock struck the hour and He had His
man prepared for Zion
| thank God for the message I thank God for
what it has meant to me personally l thank God
for what He has done for me and my family.
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today
and forever. > Hebrews Is g.
Last spring, my wife lay at the point of death
in the city of Minneapolis From the human
standpoint, there was not one chance out of
hundred for her recovery. On the day of her
most severe Illness | received telegram from
the General Overseer directing me to go to the
State of Wisconsin and conduct funeral service
On Friday morning I left. My wife only
turned her head little. She said afterward that
she never expected to see me again She had the
hymns picked out that she wanted sung at her
funeral
felt that | must obey the call of God went
out and did my duty. God wonderfully blessed
Although it was funeral service, strove with
all my heart to give them a message straight
from the throne of God and to show them the
uncertainty of life.
did not get back to my own home until twelve
o'clock Saturday night. Those were the longest
two daVS | ever spent in nv life When 7 re-