The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-01-25
ADDRESS BY APOSTLE TAYLOR

"And there are also many other things which
Jesus did, the which, if they should be written
every one, suppose that even the world itself
could not contain the books that should be writ
ten" John II rs
That was the conclusion of John the beloved
Apostle, after having spent three years upon the
earth with the Lord, listening to the wonderful
teaching He gave and having been an eye witness
to the miracles, wonders and signs that were
wrought by Him. His idea was that he never
could tell more than small portion, and that
those associated with Him never could tell all
the wonderful things that Jesus spake and what
was contained therein They understood very
little of it after having been under His ministry
for three years continuously. The Lord told
them that they would not understand it until later
on. He said that He had many things to give
them that they could not understand, but that
they would understand after while.
So it has been in this great work of Zion.
Things are developing as we go along-thlngs
that we did not dream of few years ago.
I thank God that during the past year | have
learned some things did not know before. We
have had some wonderful teaching going forth
from this platform.
John Alexander Dowie gave us wonderful
teaching; he brought out the truths that had lain
dormant for centuries truths that the ministry
had neglected.
People asked why it should be necessary to
have Christian Catholic Apostolic Church in
Zion, and some are still asking that question
today They ask, Why is it necessary to have a
Zion City?
One thing that made this organization neces-
sary was the simple fact that the other denon1i-
nations were apostate and were failing to do
their duty If they had been teaching the full
Gospel, in all probability we would not have had
This Church hit thew were not and the cOnSe-
quences are that it became necessary for us to
have this organization, just as it became neces-
sary to establish the Church-the Bride of Christ
when Israel, to whom God had been promising
the Kingdom all the way along, refused to accept
the Messiah God had finally to bring out what
has been made clear to us as the hidden mystery
His Church So it was necessary to have this
Church-the Christian Catholic Apostolic Church
in Zion brought out
I do not hesitate to declare tonight that the
full Gospel of the Lord Jesus the Christ had not
been preached for centuries before John Alexan-
der Dowie was raised up. 1t was necessary for
him to organize the Church, in order that this
doctrine might be promulgated in the Church and
that it might be preached.
Divine Healing was part of the Gospel that
had been neglected. 1t was part of the atone
ment that Jesus made upon the cross of Calvary
We find this verse in Isaiah the Fifty-third
Chapter:
Surely He hath borne Our Sicknesses and
carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem Him
stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted"
In the Eighth Chapter of Matthew, we learn
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken
by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our
infrmities, and bare Our sicknesses"
When John Alexander Dowie first landed in
San francisco, there was man, who was