The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-03-14

Alexander Dowie, General Overseer of
the Christian Catholic Church in Zion.
the only real Christian organization /
am aware of in the world. For with
the exception of one or two organiza-
tions the pseudo adherents of the
Christian Bible are not even Christian
IN name let alone in other respects. A
person might with equal propriety call
the preachings and teachings OF our
chaplains, Kennedyism or Corcoranism
as to designate the preaching of Doctor
DoWie as "Dowiesm" Julius" saws in
speaking Of him, "but we find real, true
logic in the cult of Dowie." There,
but for the exception of the "cult." he
hit the nail of truth square on the
head. But he completely spoiled his
article in his further remarks upon
what he terms "Dowieism."
The Rev. John Alexander Dowie is a
perfect gentleman and breaches the
purest creed that I have ever listened
to, and either he and his teachings are
right and true or the whole Bible as a
religious oracle having divine origin
is complete fallacy, and l make that
statement after studying him and his
writings for over four years. These
easy--going do-as-you-please substitutes
for the real, live teachings of The
Christ are the laughing stock of all
highly educated people who are not
interested in making living out of
the superstitiOus dupes who are gullible
enough to believe in them from an
over-weaning fear of eternal punish
ment from a vindictive God. AS the
great men of the middle ages wore
amulets, not because they believed in
their supernatural powers themselves,
but because for the power it gave them
over the superstition of others and
especially the common people," so the
educated people of today profess to
believe in this, that or the other creed
for the glamor it throws over the
superstition of the great majority
affected with it today The Rev.
Doctor Dowie is the only preacher that
l ever heard tell the whole unvarnished
truth regardless of the feelings of
'pauper, prince or peasant" He is one
of the most fearless preachers that
ever proclaimed the truths set forth in
the Bible and he has risen in a COM
paratively few years from owing
thousands of dollars until today he has
the control and absolute confidence of
thousands of people of the highest in
tellectual attainments, and millions of
dollars in cash and valuable property;
and it can safely be predicted that if
he is not already, he soon will be if he
lives, one of the greatest of men who
have made this Republic the scene of
their elevation to the heights of noble
fame. He is not anti-this, anti-that or
anti-the -other-thing, there is only one
thing that he is opposed to and that is
the devil or evil in all forms. While
other expounders are preaching to
fashionable congregations "oratorical,
historical, allegorical, metaphorical and
paragorical" sermons or droning out
homily to purer gatherings, he and his
fellow preachers are pounding away in
the most practical manner at vice,
corruption and evil of all sorts, not
deigning to excuse any one for doing
wrong; pointing out the pharisaical
hypocrisy of the hireling "sky pilot"
the corrupt rulings of the unjust Judge
and the lying deceitfulness of the
bought up editors and quacks and
charlatans of every description. Small
wonder then that the push" who have
the run of things are doing everything
in their power to deceive the people
concerning him and to obstruct his
progress, but fortune" it is said sal
ways favOrs the brave" and he has
found thousands of good men who
have sprung to his aid, with millions
more coming. Still the corruptionists