The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-01-11

take each institution separately Zion Baking In
dustry was doing business of two thousand dol
lars a month when we took it over. If have the
report correct, the business for that institution
last month was over seventy-fve thousand dollars.
"Zion Department Store, | am told, did bust
ness of little over fifty thousand dollars last
month.
"What is the use to talk about the Little Wood
en- Hut and the good old days? There are a
few people that sit out in the park on stumps
pining for the good old days of Zion.' The good
old days are right now Zion is better today than
ever before
81 have a separate will made and locked up
covering all these institutions and industries and
if | wanted to retire tonight I could hand them
over to my successor and everything could go on
without hitch. I never had cent out of these
institutions and I do not want cent.
Nov, we have gotten to this place by the grace
of God. Let us maintain Our poise and our
equilibrium and keep this train on the track. No
man is fit for leadership who does not maintain
his equilibrium
"This whole thing has to be built up on the
basis of mutual confidence, mutual Christian love
and trust in each other
II am not working for myself.
NEXT PAYMENT DUE, MARCH l, 1o1o-$65, 900,
INCLUDING PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST
Listen! AS I have already said, there is a
balance of three hundred and eighty-seven thou
sand dollars on this estate to be paid. On March
l, 1919, must make another payment of sixty
hve thousand dollars. What are you going to do
about it?
"Our Institutions and Industries are using to
advantage every dollar of capital in them and they
could use more They pay the seven per cent in
terest and make money. The proper thing for
you and me to do is to start in tonight every man
and woman doing his or her little part and
raise that sixty-hve thousand dollars without
touching dollar in the Institutions and Indus
tries, or any other department in Zion. Let us
procure this amount entirely outside of these or
binary channels.
1T seems to me we ought to be happy and to
thank God and take courage for what has been
done
i believe IN the time that remains nay real
ministry will begin. look around sometimes and
wonder whether we will not be surprised at the
number of saints that will be gathered here.
There is nowhere else for them to CO.
"BLEsT Be THE TIE THAT BINDS"
Nov, beloved, let us all pull together and not
have any family quarrels.
If one of you officers does not agree with me
on the parable Of the mustard seed, that does not
make any difference What is the use of falling
There has to be an authoritative voice in Zion
We can get together in the conference room or
IN my office and discuss these questions; but it
will not do for Apostle Jordan to preach one
thing, the General Overseer another and Apostle
Taylor something else; so you see the General
Overseer has to blaze-the path and he does it.
l have been giving you great deal Of teach
ing on Matthew and l am going to give you a
lot more.
"Do you see the book of Revelation? 1t is lust
as clear to me as chart with A G on it. I
keep these eyes open. It is good thing to keep
your eyes open, your mouth shut and to think
things over. On the fundamentals, we all pull to-
gether.
During 1919, let us close up our ranks and
when we sing, 'Blest Be the Tie that Binds let
us mean it.
There is no danger of Zion becoming dis
rupted from the outs1de the danger is on the
inside
Nov come brothers and sisters there are
many ways you can help. We want to maintain
these Institutions and Industries, increase them
and start some more. We want to pay this sixty
tive thousand dollars with perfect ease; then we
will come together here on the first day Of March
and have season praising God and rejoicing
i have been at the head of this work for thir-
teen years. | am now forty-ni1e years old If
the Lord tarres, the next eleven years of my life
VIII De the most fruitful OF all my ministry.
We have had little informal meeting tonight
and little heart to heart talk am only human
and | love company as well as other people. I
like the Christian love of everybody in Zion and
their prayers and cooperation; but do not care
tor any compliments or bouquets
Some Lords Day afternoon I am going TO
remain away from here and have General Mana
ger Clendlnen, Assistant General Manager Thur
ston and General Accountant Wickens and others
who know the details and everything about the
inside conditions of