The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-01-08
Dowie Likened TO a DeviI.Fish.

NA"hS VI our TeauerS arc acquainted |
with Rev. W. Il. Royal, who was in
this city year or more ago, us re-
turned missionary from China de-
iivered Interesting lectures in several
churches Mr.. Royal was formerly a
baptist minister at Rcidsvillc, y. C..
and went from there TO labor as a mis-
sionary in China, where he married
Miss Mary Sullivan, who went from
Anderson as a missionary and who
Is extensively connected with promi.
ncnt families in this county. After
staying in this section for several
months, Mr.. Royal and his wife went
to Chicago, where he became Il disci-
pie OF the notorious DR.. John Alex
andcr Dowie, and was made an elder
in the Dowio church organization. A
week ago Mr.. Royal attended tho
Chicago Baptist minister's conference.
and made tho declaration that he
wished to retracc his steps and re-
sumo his ministerial connection with
the Baptist denomination. He wns
quite emphatic in asserting his sever
ance from the Dowic organization
and said: "I'm sick and tired Of Dowic
and his teachings, and 1 hereby re-
nouncc him and his church forever
which was applaudcd by the members
of the minister's conference.
y suit against Dr. Dowic had jus,
closed, i'll which receiver was asket
to take charge Of the Zion lace indus
try established by Dowie, and his at
torncys had to show that, while II,
was not infalliblc, he was grca
organizer like j. Picrpont Morgan
and one Of them said he would prefc
Dowic at his bedside, if he were a
the point of death, rather than an,
, skilled physician. On the other hand
the attorney for the plaintiff likcnc,
Dowic to "a devil fish that twincd it
arms ,out its victim aud quictc,
him until it got II stronger hold wit
which the victim was strangled.
The revelations in this trial doubt
less led to the course pursued by NJ,
Royal, who became convinced that h
was being duped by an imposter an
charlatan, and one Of the stupendou
humbugs Of this remarkable age.
DIR. John Alexander Dowio was .
, homo among the religious cranks i
, Chicago. He had n strong persona
l following and exercised hypnotic ir
fuence over them. Zion home, q
imposing structure of seven stories,
, the headquarters in Chicago, ad
, ing the handsome terminal station c
, abe Illinois Central on Michigan ave-
nue., thu. stateliest and most aristt
cratic thoughfare in the city. Dl
Dowie lives in the two upper storie
: Of the building, while the groun
floor is devoted to the banking bus
ness. Zion Tabernacle, which seat
, three thousand people, is furthe
down the avenue, where instructio
, is given in divine healing. The favor
ite distinction is that diseases belon
to the dew while healing is God
, property.
Zion City is forty miles from CHI
cHgc, where Dr.. Dowie was projectin
: model community after his own fasl
. ion, and among other things he ha
established the industry of laoe-mSl
ing, which he imported from Nottin.
ham, England. DR.. Dowie is q shol
man, broad shouldered and portly. II
r is native of Edinburgh, and We
{ brought up q Congregationalist,
which church he was minister f
nearly twenty years until his views o
healing the sick made it impossib
for him to remain with them. H
claims to be the prophet Elijah,
intensely argumentative, delights
sarcasm and in inveighing again,
sin and sinners, and prides himself O
his outspoken feariessness. Like q
pretenders he makes bold front, an
by this means draws men and wome
into his net, which serves his pnrpot
until an exposure of his real condu,
is made visible to the public, and tt
collapse follows.-Greenville Mou1
taincer.