The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1901-08-16

rest Of the state like plate Of cold po'
tatoes and fall down on 100000.
ana
merelfuI man Is mereIful TO bis
wife and TO his beast. especially IN
hot weather.
General Overseer Rev. John Alex
ander Dowie sends the theological de-
partment Of The Journal a copy OF
his Zion City Banner, setting forth the
prospectus and means Of grace afforded
by bis fifteen million dollar sacred real
estate scheme on Lake Michigan north
Of Chicago. lie is running a religious
summer resort with camping privileges,
and branches OF his Chicago depart
ment stores, real estate office. a pub
fishing house, and variocs other ways OF
skinning the children Of Zion's holy
city, besides a sanctiied corner on cor
ner lots. lie advertises pro6t-shar-
ing arrangement by which he does
the sharing and shearing Of all labor
employed in his holy municipality. He
has a great head OF theological steam on
when one reads his prospectus; "God
has provided all these things in wonder
lul way. He has given his servant, the
General overseer, the needed wisdom
and foresight TO plan all these things"
DR.. Dowie always uses capital letters
in speaking Of himself. aud God. very
much as though the firm were Do G
& Co. lie records in the Banner for
July 81 that the first in the series OF
lots in the Zion Land and Investment Co,
went off like hot tripe in dago board.
ing house, and he records that some
who secured early leases in the in
spirited lottery "have since sold them
at NEAT ADVANCE" For the
benefit Of any sinner who may feel like
taking flyer on sacred real estate,
DR.. Dowie says in his latest revelation
that there is little room for doubt
that GOD will give Zion (that is the real
estate and investment company a de-
mand for tn } second series but little,
II any, smaller" Here is another
paragraph OF deep religious meaning
"Zion held a most deeply spiritual and
richly blessed series Of meetings during
the days Of the greatest real estate ac-
tivity." Shades OF Hermann, the ma.
gican we are living in an age Of super.
stition at least three removes from the
witch and hoodoo period.
This man Dowie could give pointers Ia
the fellow who sold series on silver
spoons on the streets Of our city few
months ago, and at the opportune mo.
ment drove around the corner with III,
wealth Of his victims. Dowie may no
go mp on the wings Of heavenly flame
but that he will be subject for ex
tradition papers in the near future N,
well-informed judge OF human natur,
can entertain any doubt, II he can fin,
victims, and who doubts but he can, hi
pockets will be paved with gold whether
the streets OF the holy city are or not
The plat shows that the streets are al
given bible names and he must have ex
hausted the dictionary, Salem, Beth
esda, Bethel, Beulah, Lebanon ant
Shiloh boulevards all lead TO the templ
in the center Of the sacred city where II
the holy Of holies the high. priest Of In
new church Of the real estate revelation
| commuues with his god who will see /
It that the next batch OF corner lots Il
Zion will go off like hot fapiacks in
logging camp. Camp Esther is littl
+ side issue OF the main graft which
n called the Christian Catholic Church
,. Zion, and II is worked b. Deacon Dani,
a Sloane, 1901 Michigan avenue. 1t
h advertised as a sacred spot, and in ia,
A everything about the Zion real estai
= dyndieate is about ready to sprout Ayh
"a apparatus. Good people who imagI
!. the latter day world has passed II
~ portals Of superstition should get col
\, Of the Dowie publications and
Ar disillusionlzed at least to the extent tn
" here is teacher aud prophet of ne
a. church who hinges his faith more
ID the efficacy of an advance in corner lc
IA than upon the spread of the gospel
a true spiritual truth.
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