The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-09-29
A MIGHTY FAITH DOCTOR.
THE FOUNDER or ZION md HOW
HE MADE $5,OOO,OOO
In Five Years-Dr. DOwte's Past ana
Present-Absolute Ruler of Fffty
Thousand People, TO Whom His
Word is Order Enough.

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Word is Order Enough.
This is the story of a man who wen
to Chicago ten years ago with wife
two children and no money, and who is
now worth five million dollars, is at the
head of church he founded, which has
fifty thousand members; is the proprie
tor of several hospitals, the president OF
a college and bank, owns faith heal
| ing hotel and the greatest city OF rell-
gion planned since the Monmons sci
one up on the shores of Salt Lake.
/ A few weeks ago he left Chicago in
a private car with his retainers for a
| trip through Europe and the Holy
! Land. He Travelled in state like an
| eastern potentate and weeping subjects
| followed him to the train and to the
! steamer. He has appointed a time
when he will stand on the Mount OF
! Olives and time when he will enter
Jerusalem. He controls millions of dol
lars and thousands of minds. In his
tabernacle in Chicago a few Sundays
ago the entire congregation stood up
and said they would vote for whichever
pieslueAtlal candidate lHelr led'leI sc
lectea' ne mas larger personal loi-
lowing than any other man in Chicago,
He has no machine.
He is the machine.
The mystery of it all Is:
"HoW?"
Huhdfeus OF explanations nave p9e'l
oHered. lie mas peeh calleu an lillpoS-
tol anu chariatah' ana ne mas oeeii
callea alVlne messenger lie Is OIL tiie
latter opinion himseH. every man III
Chlcago knows VINO TINS man IS ne Is
John Alexander Dow1e, ana MS iiisu-
tuition is zion. But mere the kho"leuSe
OF great many persons stops lney
nave read ABOUT zion III coniiec'ion
with falth heallng and as an expert
ment IN socialism, ana nave heaiu u
the Workings OF the church through 'lie
troubles INTO when It's dlsclples nave
got themselves Ihey nave peeA
mobned IN hammond, lnu', III Mails
held, o., ana in chicago. SensatloHai
stories nave been told ABOUT theli'
Their methods have been harshly crit
1clsed. Ihey nave been subjected 10
many forms OF persecution
Iher leader mas Deen held UP 10
scorn, and has been dragged INTO the
courts IN CIVIL and criminal proceedings
and has been characterized as Chlca-
COS worst enemy. His life ana the
lives of his closest advisers nave been
searched for evidences OF WronS-dolng.
When these have been found they
nave been scattered broadcast
1t has lasted ten years, and in that
against him by ministers of the gospel
the press the medlcal PROFESSION, state
and city officials and large section OF
the people, Zion has grown from two
hundred persons to htty thousand; lts
wealth from twenty dollars TO many
millions.
And, seeing the growth, the critics
nave marVeled and have looked Tor an
explanation. 1t Is TO be FOUND IN q MS
tory of the movement. When the Facts
OF that are Known they carry their own
solution OF the wonder
THOSE VINO know zion Know 100
that DoWie is zion, he thought OUT
inc plan years ago ana mas given MS
lire to the perfection or II. NO man IN
chicago to-day has stancher personal
Following than ne. lie Is alone respoi-
siple Tor the thlng that mas maze men
say that teudal system as strict as
tnat or the mldule ages 1s allVe IN chi
cago now
This Is DoW1e:
lie Is htty-hVe years OLD. HIS peard
ana ha1r are white lie IS strongly put
together, and always looks as II in
perfect health. His step Is light MS
eyes clear and his voice Is as the voice
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