The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-05-03

San Francisco Travelling here and there
through all parts of the land, he proceeded
to deliver message with great power which
reached you and thousands of others.
''The time came when God revealed it to
him that the thousands of people in the
churches who had been healed under his
ministry, and the multitudes of others who
had been led from sin into the joy of clean
Christian life, must be gathered together in
to an organization, and the Christian Catho-
lie Church in Zion was launched. Event
ually Zion City was established as place of
refuge where these people could come and
rear their families amid pure environments,
and where they could have their own schools
in which the Word Of God is read and
taught.
"The Zion people have come through
many prosecutions, many testing periods, but
this has only served to separate the gold
from the dross.
"This afternoon we shall hoist the Zion
flag over this building, which, until recently,
was occupied by Mr. Horace Cook He has
done the manly and proper thing by packing
his goods and leaving this city to the people
who established and built it.
II always have admiration and respect for
a man who is not a hypocrite, whatever his
views may be. Even the devil himself
loathes traitor. But when it comes to a
man posing as leader before these poor
deceived people, some of whom are honest
and sincere, although de1uded, and putting
out little booklets defaming Zion right while
he is negotiating with Voliva in an effort to
sell out and get away, can have no respect
for such double dealing. The most scathing
denunciation the Lord ever uttered was
against the hypocrite-the man who pre-
tends to be one thing and in reality is an
other.
"Some of these men are not bad men.
Mr. Cook was not a bad man, but he got in
to bad company.
"Now if there ever was time in Zion S
career when loved Zion people, it is today
It seems to me you are all getting better
looking. I thank you for your noble re
sponse in the recent elections, when we
swept everything by an overwhelming ma
jority. We are growing and growing and
growing, and some of these times [ will
dedicate some more buildings. We will pray
at every family altar that God will give us
everything in this city for His honor and
glory, and as sure as God sits on His throne,
our prayers will be answered, if we are
faithful and true The time will come when
the Zion flag will float over every shingle
on the Zion City Site.
"Now we will have Deacon Wagnell 60
up and paint out the sign on the front Of
this building"
The sign read Horace Cook, Wholesale
and Retail Candies" Deacon Wagnel1
created great amusement in painting it out
by removing portions of certain words, Sc
that the sign read ''Whole Tail Dies. The
General Overseer remarked: That is the
last part of snake that dies before the sur
sets" Later, the sign was painted out en-
tirely, and as the last vestige of it was re-
moved, the General Overseer exclaimed
Now there ought to go up from every heart
stream of praise for what is being done. .
A beautiful new Zion flag was then hoist
ed over the building, amid three rousing
cheers by all present, and as it unfurled and
swung to the breeze, the Doxology was sung
after which the Benediction was pro
nounced