The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-09-29

CSt' Lie HIS Lldue IHdly duiilli CAs
through his patriarchal appearance
His beard is long and he keeps Il
trimmed in imitation of old paintings
of the early fathers of the church. He
has an oily voice in conversation ano
frightens his hearers when he gets into
the pulpit. Then he wears placR
silken gown with hood, and waves his
arms and stalks up and down the plat
form. He likes to pick out nearer fol
personal argument before his thou
sands. If the man or woman he selects
and he has chosen Women-1s OF MS
church, he asks whether he or she is
saved, and if he has not been the means
of bringing about salvation.
1t is not on record that one ever said
mo"
If the one he selects is an enemy
and Or" Dowle believes in the old
principle that "if you are not with me
you are against me"-he hurls ques-
lions at the target and gives no time
for answers. Then he winds up with a
peroration in which the unfortunate is
attacked for having had the temerity
to come into the tabernacle to which
Or" Dowie's announcements read:
4 INGIy Ollc Is WSiCOlilC'
Before he left for Europe Dowie said
that Mason had called on Deacon
Specher, his trusted servant, and told
him that DIR" Dowie's life was to be
taken on account of the structures he
had passed on Free Masonry. "Dr."
Dowie repee his ignorance of fear
and ordered three more guards to at
tend him.
The guards are ewd present at the
baby kissing" Tf3 ceremony takes
place when "Dr." bowie orders all
mothers in Zion toy bring their children
to the tabernacle, 1T is advertised as a
special feature. saey are ranged in
row. "Drm,&ilnK preceded by wo-
man witepS 18th which he wipes
the fSs~ 4, bends and kiss
~ We Aes*a,dibly that
thu I'll grow s 2 good members.
When they get u lie older he puts
them III the "Junior Seventies" which
are conpnnieE orgarizsd on the militia
ny plan, and which are reviewed by
him at frequent intervals. He uses
practically the same addresses and the
same strong language to them. Some
fathers and mothers have been bold
enough 10 protest. lIe pIOteSls nave
been met with scorn.
II know what I am doing" "Dr."
Dowie says.
A man has to be in Zion long time
before he is taken into his confidence.
Chicago newspapers have had men liv-
ing at the home who could not pene-
trate the secrets of the administration.
They We're not suspected of being news
paper men either.
When the general overseer does APP
point a man to responsible position
he watches him like hawk His eve
ny action is reported. There are plenty
of tale-bearers, and as soon as the
slightest word of rebellion is heard the
officer loses his job. If he is tractable
and does as he Is told by the general
overseer and no one else, he has the
joy of seeing his name in print in the
various publications and of having
himself referred to as "our trusted
brother"
Although Or" Dowie does not take
his people into his confidence in the
matters Of vital concern to them, he is
lavish with his confidence about the adj
dition about a new forty dollar machine
in the press room or the purchase of
carpet for the front hall. In the i'm
portant things he is supreme. AS soon
as member questions his authority he
is asked to leave. Elders who have
given all their money to the church
have been elected
Once a man Is accommodated "Dr."
Dowie never let's up on him. He tells
his shortcomings to the congregation
and he gives all the details of the faults
from which the man was rescued when
he entered Zion. and into which. ac
cordng to the doctor" he was imme-
diately plunged upon his release.
There have been threats of suits for Ii
bel but none was ever forced to an is
sue.
The most elabora te work upon which |
Zion Is now engaged is the new Zion
city This was formed in the general |
overseers mind before he saw Chicago, |
and he received the impression that the !
best place for it would be near Wauke- |
gan.
When purchasing agents went to the |
farmers who lived on the tract of sixty |
five hundred acres between Winthrop
Harbor and offered them high prices |
FOR their lana, ruInOTS went dTOuHu
Chicago real estate circles that Carne-
gle or Prick intended to build immense
steel works there. Then 1t was heard
hat John ID. Rockefeller was to estab-
ish a shipyard and build his own boats
or the ore carrying trade.
No one was sure of the plan until
Dr." Dowie unroled a chart in Zion
,abernacle one day and told his people
hat they We're expected to lease land
rom him in the Zion city soon to be
quilt on the land. The leases are to be
prepared by A. w. Packard, attorney,
Who is a Zionite, and run for one thou
'and years. No liquor, no tobacco or
rambling is to be allowed there. An
immense temple to cost millions of dol
ars is to form the center of the city,
md model houses are to be on the as
)halted streets and the city is to have
orty-minute railroad connection with
City (Mo) Star
ROSTAND'S GREAT EARNINGS.
The majority of the Partisan theaters