The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-07-26

The attendance was good, people having
come from many different parts of the
United States. The weather was most de-
ightful throughout.
A number of instructive, edifying and
helpful addresses were delivered
The following subjects were presented:
On the forenoon of July 10, Apostle
EuStace L. Carey spoke on the subject,
The General Doctrine of the Second
Coming of Christi he was followed in the
evening by Apostle William S. Peckham, on
the subject, "Signs Showing that the Sec
ond Coming of Christ is Near at Hand"
In the forenoon of July H. Apostle Will
liam D. Taylor spoke on the awful Apos-
tasy = The Terrible Falling Away of the
Processing Church = and Gods Specially
Prepared Place of Refuge for the Saints ;"
he was followed in the evening by Apostle
Anton Darms on the subject "The Prepa-
ration of the Church, and the Rapture"
In the forenoon of July IA, Apostle Carey
spoke on The Gathering and Preparation of
the Saints in Zion" He was followed in
the evening by Apostle Peckham on "The
City of Zion = the Worlds Greatest Object
Lesson"
The following forenoon, Elder Thomas
H. Nelson spoke on the subject, "The Doc
trine of the Second Coming of Christ in
Symbols and Types" In the evening, Apos-
tie Willis F. Jordan spoke on "The Revived
Roman Empire, and the Antichrist Reveal
ed"
The next forenoon, Apostle Darms deliv-
cred an address on "The Time of the End"
Other subjects covered by the General
Overseer during the Feast were, "Regenera-
hcation," Finishing the Work Which God
has Given Us to Do" and "The Blessed
Hope of the Church, and the False Hopes
of the World"
The deity of Jesus Christ and the
personality of the Holy Spirit, as we'll as
other great fundamental subjects, such as
regeneration, conservation, clean life- the
use of all our individual and collective re-
sources in the furtherance of Gods work,
and the full redemption of Zion City, were
greatly emphasized
Last Lords Day, the closing day of the
Feast of Tabernacles, was filled with matters
of intense interest. Beginning with the
early morning sacrifice of praise and prayer
at 80 a. m, followed by the Bible School
at 9:30 a. M, with a total attendance of
1,5o6 and later by the Great General AS
sembly at 80 p. M, the day closed with a
special musical program in the evening.
During the day, number of photographs
were taken by the Zion photographer, with
the assistance of the Zion Guards At 100
a. m, a fashlight picture was taken of the
Zion Orchestra, on the platform of Shiloh
Tabernacle. This was followed by pictures
of the Zion Band, Zion Guard and all the
Ecclesiastical officers, on the lawn east of
the Tabernacle.
In the afternoon photograph was taken
of the audience assembled in the building
AT 800 p. m, after the close of the service,
picture was taken of Zion Junior and
Senior Choirs on the lawn east of the
Tabernacle
In this connection, we will state that
fashlight picture of Zion Choirs, Zion Band
and Zion Orchestra was taken on the pre-
vious Friday night, at the close of the en-
semble concert described elsewhere in this
issue
The Great General Assembly in Shiloh
Tabernacle, on last Lords Day afternoon,
was one of the most wonderful services in
lions history. By far the largest audience
in many years was assembled, the building,
being filled. By the time the Pro-
cessional began, practically every seat was
occupied, and later, as the throngs came
in, many chairs were brought and lined up
along the walls and in the open spaces back
of the rear seats. Chairs also were placed
in the two main aisles while people stood
crowded in the vestibule around the entran-
ces to the auditorium. During the service
ia automobiles were parked west of the
tabernacle, and SO vehicles were lined tip
in the hOrce chedC and elcewhara
An organ prelude began at 1:3O p. m
while the people were gathering, and lasted
until 2 100 p. m. This was Immediately fol-
lowed with music by the Zion Band of so
pieces. At 2:30 D. m. Zion White Robed
Choir marched into the auditorium, singing
in Professional, "Who is on the Lords
Side?', by GoSS -Four hundred and fifty
two members of the Choir were in line, fol-
lowed by robed officers.
The General Overseer quoted the First
Three Verses of the First Psalm:
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the
counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the
way of sinners, nor stteth in the seat of the
scornful.
But his delight is in the law of the Lord
and in His law doth be mediate day and
night
And he shall be like a tree planted by the
rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit
in his season. his leaf also shall not wither;
and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper
The Seml-chOrus then sang the three clos
ing numbers of the Cantata, "Penitence,
Pardon and peacav h,, 1Ioa,a,JoD A f+ar