The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-04-26
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beauty, which only thinly conceals the cor
ruphon of hell, as John Alex. Dowie said
A large number of people, from many
parts of the United States and from other
lands, were willing to make the sacrifice
needed to create and establish such COM
munlty. Notwithstanding many trials and
adversities, the ideals, principles, and pur-
poses in founding the City of Zion are more
trmly rooted and more strongly established
today in the hearts of its citizens than when
the first people arrived at the opening of its
gates in the year 1901.
Illinois has more popular cities, greater
business institutions and industries. larger
educational institutions, finer boulevards,
and more magnificent mansions than the
City of Zion can point to- but Illinois has
no more devout people, desiring earnestly
and sincerely to worship God in spirit and
in truth and to serve Him acceptably; no
purer homes, where the family altar is
maintained and the Word of God is read;
no better city ordinances and statutes for
the punishment of vice and protection of
virtue and no better schools for the in
struction and training of boys and girls,
which shall make for sturdy and noble
citizenship in Our great Commonwealth.
The City of Zion elects men for its
Mayor, its Aldermen and its City Officials,
who, by their clean habits as we'll as their
sterling Christian character, set noble ex-
ampleS to their felloWcitzens in upholdino
decency, good behavior, and proper conduct
within its borders. The City of Zion takes
no second place to any community in pro-
testing against and abolishing evils of every
description, which are a menace to a God
tearing and Christ-loving community. 1t
stands i'll the vanguard of social and politi-
cal reform 1t is the only city where the
use of tobacco, liquor, and swine's flesh is
absolutely forbidden, where doctors, drugs.
and surgeons are debarred. and where secret
lodges, theaters and moving picture shows
are Ostracized.
The Word of God inspired and infallible
Guide and Compass as it is, is the founda-
ton of the teaching and practices of the
Christian Catholic Apostolic Church in
Zion, of which the City of Zion is the
Headquarters.
The ancient world pointed with pride to
its famous Seven Wonders, accomplished by
the genius of it's civilization in the famous
Pyramids of Egypt; the Light Tower of
Pharos; the beautiful Hanging Gardens of
Babylon the brazen Colossus of Rhodes;
the magnificent Temple of Diana at Ephe-
sus; the Statue of Jupiter by Phidias, and
the magnificent Mausoleum of Halicarnas-
s1s, with its thirtysix columns of marble,
erected by Artemsia
The Twentieth Century points with still
greater pride to its wonderful accomplish
ments of the wireless telephony and teleg-
raphy; of the gigantic steamships and
aeroplanes; of the monograph and moving
pictures, and many other wonderful accom-
plishments, which have brought about new
era.
However great has been the progress of
mankind along the lines of invention,
knowledge, and civilization, the heart of
man still remains corrupt and is drifting
away farther and farther from God The
one great need, therefore, of the world
today is not an increase Of comfort, or
knowledge, or wealth. but what the world
does need to solve its intricate and perplex-
ing national and international problems is
knowledge of God the Father; of Jesus
Christ, the Savior, Healer, Cleanser, and
Keeper of His people; and of the Holy
Spirit, our Comforter, Counsellor, and
Guide, as set forth in the inspired Old and
New Testaments
Zion stands forth, like the Statue of
Liberty in He'll Gate Harbor, New York, as
a beacon light, preaching mighty sermon to
this great Commonwealth of America, that
it is righteousness that exalteth a nation
and that sin is reproach to any people
and that lit is the blessing of the Lord that
maketh rich and addeth no sorrow to it,
and ''by the blessing of the upright the city
is exalted, but it is overthrown by the mouth
of the wicked y