Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-06
LlVESlN ESSEX, IOWA
'Dowie's Father is Resident Of the
Hawkeye State.
WAS DRIVEN FROM ZION BY HIS son

VIII Net Discuss tho Healer Except to
Skater the Story CT His "Myster-
ious Rirth"-The Elder DoWie is a
Staanch Ca!vinst.
Essex, Ia, June 1.--Of all the defec-
tons from the notorious Zion which
has Eeen built Up II Chicago, no other
irdividua' ,esa b-a been or will be
greater then the withdrawal of John
Murray Dowie, patriarch and father Of
John AleXande, Dowie, the general ov-
ergce.
DOVE. the father. driven out of the
Church" and home" by the mercen-
airy nrd dictatoiial methods of the
scn. has let Chicago after vigorous
protests against the "healers" system
anaihas settled down in Essex.
we arc unable to agree and SOW
cred my connection with Zion" is the
sir.D;e exclamation volunteered by
Jul~e Dnwie.
with the elder Bowie came his wife
a''d her brother-in-aw. Elder D. c..
reg, who he'd been staunch sup
ro-te" OF DR." powie, and one of his
rot tru~tcd Eeute.ants. Elder
Tol0es rot only worked but suffered
foc Zicn. as he WIS imprisoned in be-
half Of the church, being held to on
swer to the grand jury, although not
convicted, with Mrs Rratsch and an
other Tionite in tho Flanders case He
we IT re lead of Ton Junior School
ard cther i.st;tution~s and was con-
si6erea one OF the ablcst men in the
church.
Garnet Accent Sore Treatment.
The simple statement CT the with
drawal of hinself and wife from Zion
inditetes how deca'y Judge Dcwie
fees over The unflial conduct of his
son. He came from Australia at the
recuest of John Alexander Dowie, and
wss ushered into Zion as one of its
root hnuorod members. He was spo,
ken IF By "Dr." Dowie as my beloved
father and wos given high pace
at every meeting in crder that they
Z might Vc1e.ato the grey hairs CT the
patriarch.
Btcd In Scctlanl under the shadow
of 9 PRESBYTERIAN church ard reared
to msn;,oca in the Calvilistic faith,
JudFe IooH'ie was unable to acoommo-
date himself to ti;e new principles
taurht in Zion by his son. At first he
remonFtrcted with him. then at len 9Th
objected to Being corrected with q
movement engaged in the propagation
Of principles so foreign to his train
inE.
The objection carsed Frictio, and
resulted II y separat on. fudge Dowie
decli-'ir,g to ROMAN in any OF Ions
institutions aud Dr." Dcwie refusing
to permit him to share in the secrets
of a movement with which he had no
sympathy. The enlargement even ex,
tended to the refusal by Or" Dowie
to attend the marriate OF his father
to Mrs. North Of Esrex or to ofTiciate
at the ceremony. That action drove
Judge Dowie to sesk a home else
where, and since March %, 1900, the
date of the wedding, he and Mrs
Dowie have been residents of this
place.
Some Day He May Tell.
Past the age of rs years, but vigor.
Gus and full of energy, Judge Dowie
sat in his comfortable home in the
southeast part of Essex the other af
ternoon when reporter called on
him. His greeting was cordial.
Il have been watching the proceed
T ings in Chicago with great interest
said he, but fol family reasons dc
not care to talk now. My wife, her
brother-in-law, Elder Holmes, and
resigned from the Christian Catholic
church on April 81. Should deem il
expedient in the interests of truth and
for truths vindication to speak in the
future | shall do so without being re
strained by the family ties, to which
feel am under obligations at this
time. l have been Presbyterian al
my life, and let me tell you that re
tanned my Calvinistic principles al
through Zion"
Judge Dowie then quietly refutet
the statement of the General Overseel
of Zion recently to the effect tha
there was some mystery connected
with his CDR" Dowie's) birth. He has
endeayored to convey the impression
to his auditors that he may have
sprung from divine source and i
they accepted his personal statement
this was additional reason for then
to believe him to be the .reincarnatec
Elijah"
'The records of the birth of Johr
Alexander Dowie will be found in Ed
inburg, Scotland. They are regular
and never have been questioned"
With this comment Judge Dowie dis
missed the subject He said it was
unpleasant and he preferred to reat
the official statement of John Alexan
ders sermon on the "Reincarnation O
Elijah" before he said anything fur
Their.
II understand that he is going to GU
away all the blocks from under hi
feet then" said Judge Dowie. "Let
wait and see what he tells his people.
Calls Father From Antipodes.
There is little in the treatment o
Judge Dowie by his son to Recommend
forbearance. Five years ago "Dr.
Dowie sent to Adelaide, South Austral
la, a request for the sturdy Presbyter
ian to cross the Pacific and join him il
Zion. His letters bore such GLOWING
descriptions of the United States, tn,
hearty welcome gave him by the pee
pie and the remarkable success he as