The times., 1897-04-23

Arlington Hotel last night by reporter
of The Times. He talked freely about
himself and Zion Tabernacle and Zion
Hotel, the great new building that he has
erected for his publishing house and san
itarium, and of his immense congregation,
and of his many other Zion enterprises
Dr. Dowie is gentleman OF fifty-five,
perhaps, with ruddy countenance and a
luxurianU beard and a full girth, appar-
emily a very good liver. He has a ready
smile, wears expensive, though quiet,
clothing, has not a sensational manner,
and reminds one, perhaps as much any
thing else, OF a liberal country Church OF
England clergyman. His Zion work dur
ing its many years has brought him for
tune and he is enabled TO stay at the best
hotels, ana live cXcellently on the rat OF the
land.
He is a ScotChman, and was at first Il
Congregational minister. He went TO
Australia, gave up that denomination, com
menced divine healing, lived in Australia
twenty years, acquiring large reputa
ton; went TO California and healed people
there for two years, and, finally, several
years ago, reached Chicago.
In Chicago bis work extended beyond
that OF the simple matter of Divine healing
Hefounded the Christian Catholic Church y
and to a congregation, which fills his au-
ditorium, seating over 1900 people and
often turning many away, he breaches the
gospel of Divine healing and primitive
Christianity as he sees it. His Church is
spreading and adding new branches every
year Atprescltithas alarge emembership
all of people whom he personally has con-
vinced to his way of belief. DR.. Dowie has
twenty-one meetings week, receives visits
from 1000 people a week, employs tea
secretaries besides Mrs Dowie, and still
can hardly keep up with the people VINO
wantto find out abouthim. Theseare some
of the things he says
II am planning Zion City / bought
600 acres OF land outside or Chicago d
little while ago, BUTT was not large enough
and was unsuitable in other ways, and the
title was not clear, and / gave il up
Inside OF five years, however, this Zion
City will be a reality. 1t is for people
who believe as we do-primitive Chris
tians. We believe in miracles and in the
efficacy of prayer. We believe in being
good We do not drink alcoholic liquors,
or smoke, or eat pig. l am violently op-
posed to eating pig. l think it is one Of
the worst scourges that this part Of the
human race has.
Perhaps you have heard of my great
legal battle with the Chicago police and
city authorities They claimed that my
homes were hospitals and issued warrants
against me for running hospitals with
out licenses. l kept bondsman by my
side for six weeks. AT first in order to
annoy me, they would have he arrested
and taken into custody immediately. But
it got to be q farce, and even the eff
GERS refused to serve the warrants on RE.
They would send u message up, Doctor.
there are thirty warrants waiting for You
at the station. When you can do it con-
veniently, come down, please l and my
bondsinan would jump into carriage and
/ would be released / won every one Of
these battles. Those that went against me
in the lower courts i won in the upper
courts I acted as my own counsel a good
deal of the time, and l didn't have a fool
for client
Perhaps you have heard of the way
wered Bob fngersol. Here is picture
OF the auditorium filled with 5000 per-
sons listening to me l completely over
threw all his argume nts. He says he doesn't
believe in miracles. l do. ] prove it
every day We have miracles every day
there in Zion. Miracles happen thou
sand miles a way every day on account of
my prayers. Mr. AFRO B. Rogers, of
South Newbury, VT, was as near death S
door as anybody can be and live. He
wrote to me and asked me to pray for
him, and that instant he was cured. Mr..
Clarence E. Corbaley, OF Plymouth, md,
had been told by his physician that he had
only an hour or so to live He was at
deaths door. Nothing could save him,
apparently. He came into Zion and within
half L n hour walked down to dinner with
me and took large meal, and was
well man from that time on, and is cull
living to tell the tale.
"The Chicago papers won't say any
thing about m e any more Ineyer saw such
a crowd of liars there are on the Chicago
papers. 1t is because won out so COM
pletely when they were all against me IN
my legal battle. 1t makes no difference to
me Six weeks ago when / opened Zion
Temple, my new building, resolved not 10
advertise this opening in any PAPER, as l
had been doing before in them ALL We had
a tremendous audience, and turned people
away"
DIR. Dowie uses an ecclesiastical we
similarto the editorial I'VE" affected oil the
the editorial pages of newspapers. He
uses this ecclesiastical we in his publica-
lions and sometimes in his OF dinary conver-
sation. He is the only gentleman in the
church except the Pope who uses the
I've
Dr. Dowie will lecture on his faith and
his works, and especially on his legal bat
ties in Chicago during the last two or
three years, at the National Theater, Sun
day night. He has greatmany friends in
Washington, among them Senatorial and
Congressional admirers. and these people
have been very anxious, he says, to hear
about the fight he had with the Chicago
police and Mr.. Wash HeSing. If the au-
dience that ne has at the National Sunday
night is as large as his every Sunday
audience at Chicago, he,wil be the banner
attraction at that theater this season.
Mary C. McAuley has sued for a divorce
from her husband, RiahardaC. McAulcy.