Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-07-08
Wherefore Elder r. N.
BOuck Says He Is.
The Head of the Zion Church In Akron Also
Speaks of Local Subjects.

Elder X. N. B0uck, III MS sermon 10
the congregation of Christian Catholic
(Dowie) church in Akron, in the Walsh
block, Sunday afternoon, undertook to
explain why 1t is certain, in his judg-
ment, that General Overseer Dowie,
of the church he represents, is Elijah.
He held that Overseer Dowie has not
lost his identity, but that he is Elijah
returned to earth to complete his work,
the same as John the Baptist was
Elijah.
Incidentally Elder Bouck spoke of a
criticism of the Dowie church recently
made by Rev. d. A. Blose of this city,
and said: "a fool is known by his
clatter." He mentioned the assault
upon Samuel A. Kennedy and said il
was committed by "incarnate devils
He said the government of Zion cities
which are to be built would not be
conducted by "consummate hypocrites'
as in Akron and Mansfield.
An old gentleman in the congrega
ton spoke up to ask Elder Bouck
about the divine injunction of loving
ones enemies, but the latter maintain.
ed his original position.
The reasons for believing that Over
seer Dowie is Elijah, as summed ur
in an abstract of his discourse, which
Elder Bouck prepared, are as follows
The Prophet Elijah was a peculiarly
champion of Gods cause in time OF
apostasy. He closed his work on the
earth and was translated about the
year 1000 b. g. About three hundred
years after this, Isaiah wrote of the
work Elijah was yet to do on the
earth.
Not only Isaiah. but all of the proph
cts wrote of the works Elijah was tc
do, and those utterances range from
Moses, (written at least 1850 r. G. foul
or five hundred years before Elial
first appeared upon the earth,) to Ma
lachi the very last of the prophets
who wrote about 397 b. C. or about
six hundred years after Elijah's trans
lation.
1t is impossible to read these proph
ecies and fail to see that they teacl
that Elijah is to return to the earth
very little indeed of the work prophc
sled for Elijah, was done by him whel
he was first on earth and the prophets
continuing to state what he is yet tc
do, hundreds of years after Elijah's
translation had taken place, make his
return prophetic necessity.
In Mark L. IA, and Luke 3: 2-4, W,
find that the words of Isaiah, 40:
are applied to John the Baptist, and il
John 1: %, %, we find John himself
quoted as having said that those words
OF Isaiah refer to him. In Matt. IL
IA, Jesus says that John the Baptist
sis the Elijah who is to come" Re
yised version) and in Luke /: II, thu
angel Gabriel gives the same testimony
concerning John.
Just so is it prophetic necessity
that Jesus must return to this eartl
to complete the work prophesied fol-
Him to do, of which He has only per
formed part as yet. lisa. 81: /, 2,
refers to Jesus, but He did not fill II
all when He was here, though we be
iieve He will yet do so. Read Luke
ala to %, where Jesus read this proph
ecy of Isaiah till He reached the com
ma after the words acceptable yea
of the Lord" There He ceased anC
said, "this day is this scripture fulfill
ed in your ears"
Had He gone further and read, "ant
the day of vengeance of our God" III,
could not have said 1t was that day full
filed. He came at that time to ''save'
and not to Judge" the world. Sec
John II: At, Luke Q: 1886.
But there is "day of vengeance
of our God" and in ii, Jesus will judge
the world--that will be the great ant
dreadful day of the Lord" mentioned
In Malachi 4.
Now we find complete parallel tC
This in the prophecies concerning Eli
5ah. John was informed by God that
he was "the voice of one crying In Tho