The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-09-13

dIdpeQ TagS, Wh1le the pupils marched into
the building to the strains of music by the
Zion Band which took position near the en-
trance.
For several minutes, the steady march of
feet up the several flights of stairs contin-
ued, keeping time to the piano, presided over
by Mrs. L. ]. Hire, all being seated in the
Assembly Room.
A considerable number of visitors en-
tered, until all available seats were taken.
Seated on the platform were the Presi-
dent, Wilbur Glenn Voliva, with Vice Presi-
dent Anton Darms, and several of the
Ecclesiastical officers, together with the
Dean of the Department of Music and Art,
John d. Thomas, who led the singing
On the right hand side of the platform
stood the National Colors, while the Zion
Colors occupied like position ON the op-
posite side
The President, Wilbur Glenn Voliva.
General Overseer of the Christian Catholic
Apostolic Church in Zion, then conducted
the Chapel Exercises.
He read the First Psalm, with the fol-
lowing comments:
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the
counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the
way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the
scornful.
You have here the three different postures
walking, standing and sitting-and three
classes = ungodly, sinners and the scornful.
The course that every man takes involves
these three postures: first, walking in the
counsel of someone, either the Cody OF the
ungodly; then, standing in the way of the
righteous, or the way of sinners then, sit
ting in the seat of the reverental or the
SCOrnful
The man who walks not in the counsel of
the ungodly, nor sits in the seat of the scorn-
full,
But his delight is in the law of the Lord:
and in his law doth he mediate day and
night
such a man shall be-
Like tree planted by the rivers of water,
that bringeth forth his fruit in his season.
because it is planted by the rivers of water
and always has the necessary moisture to
produce growth and fruit
his leaf also shall not wither; and what
soever he doeth shall prosper.
The ungodly are not so; but are like the
chaff which the wind driveth away.
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in
the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation
of the righteous
For the Lord knoweth the way of the right
eous; but the way of the ungodly shall perish
want every pupil and every student in
Zion Educational Institutions to commit this
Psalm to memory
The One hundred and Nineteenth Psalm.
from the Ninth Verse to the Sixteenth Verse
was then read; also Proverbs Alb, q: /:
Romans III, 2, and Hebrews PIP.
Apostle Darms offered prayer
The following address, as delivered in
part by the President, was reported by Mrs.
Edith M. Sweeney:
A D D R E S S
To one and all who in any way is con-
nected with Zion Educational Institutions
and to all members of the Church present
here, this is indeed very happy occasion.
In some respects, it is the most joyful oc-
casion in lions work [ trust this is the
spirit of every child and every youth and
maiden and that you all rejoice in these
opening exercises of another School Year
the Fourth Year Of Zion Educational Insti-
tutlons reorganiZed.
I have great desire that all in Zion,
beginning, of course, with the officers, then
the members, then the teachers, then the
young people in the Preparatory Depart
ment and the children who are old enough
to realize and understand, shall see why
Zion Educational Institutions were organ
lied.
There are many religious organizations
in this world and, in fact there are so many
and they are multiplying so rapidly that you
will find very few men sufficiently informed
to give you the names Of more than a small
number, and the same men would not be
able to give you any of the tenets of the
small number they can name. Now, among
the many organizations in this world today,
we have the CHRISTIAN CATHOLIC
APOSTOLIC CHURCH IN ZION.
This Church was formally organized as
the result of two conferences in the City
of Chicago on February p, 1896
observed last Lords Day that the Chris
tian Catholic Apostolic Church in Zion was
the best organized form of the Church of
the Lord Jesus Christ that was to be found
upon this earth. Then | said, the Christian
Catholic Apostolic Church in Zion was the
only form of the Church of Jesus the Christ
that was standing four square for the eter-
nal verities
If there is some other organized form of
the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ Just
as good as the Christian Catholic Apostolic
Church in Zion, then there exists no longer
any reason why Apostle Darms should re-
main here another day. Furthermore, if