The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-10-17

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tain amount is to be given to the
church each year
Il live well" explained bowie 4
enjoy many comforts but do not
spend my income, and ! give great
part of that to the church. make a
generous allowance to my wife aud to
my son, and they give literally to the
church. Ny personal fortune is COM
Portable ! have made it legitimately
| have fieeced no one.
''We are not socialists here in Zion.
Every person is paid according to his
worth and services. My work is heavy
my responsibility great, our enterprises
have been successful, and in proportion
to my services I am not overpaid.
Considering that, / do not see why
Chicago is opposed to me. l and my
followers spend millions of dollars in
Chicago. We did spend more when we
were located there, for thousands came
and did their shopping there, but Chi
cago drove US out, and IL Chicago does
not look out wen quit buying there
altogether
You were bad boy, and you lost
many good stories by being naughty
Why. / have first page scare head,
double loaded story right in my house
now. II You will promise pom honor
not to print It. III prove it to you"
And, having killed my hope Of
SCOOP" he told me. and he had 1t too
He showed me lions connection with
a live prince. That prince is a follower
OF Dowie, and some day he viii be ii
great power in a great nation. re-
| membered then that Dowie had said,
''Zion shall ascend the steps OF
thrones"
Gradually | drew him back to the
New York trip.
I'VE are not asking New York for
anything" he continued. Eve are Of
fering every one in New York an op.
| portunity to embrace the law of God.
| We ask nothing Already we have
4 plated New York and assigned to ev-
cry commander Of seventy and every
captain OF ten a district. The host has
studied for months the special maps Of
New York in our tabernacle. We have
trained the host in its work. We have
/ in all 5000 volunteers in all parts of
| the world under vow to obey should
call on them for service. Only 5000
have been ordered to New York
Zion restoration host will visit ev-
cry home in the city The work win
be hard in New York because Of the
high fiat buildings, but Elder Lee,
who is the recorder Of the host, has
perfected every plan. He will explain
everything to YOU
Afterward Elder Lee explained
saw maps of New York, In printed sec.
/ tions. and each section was allotted TO
a commander OF seventy and subdi-
vided among the captains Of tens,
Each morning while the host remains
in New York it will attend tile half
past O'Clock morning services, then
take breakfast, and each captain OF
ten viii lead his party into his district.
/ He will take a street and cover three
| sides of each block facing that street
for many blocks. Having started his
ten to work. the captain will station
| himself on the corner Of the next
block and perhaps hold short service
until that block Is finished If tail dat
buildings delay part Of the workers
the first arrivals at the captains post
will assist him IN the service.
Dowie as religious enthusiast,
! Dowie as a shrewd business man. Dow
ie as a home man, is impressive. In
his home he n serene. calm and consid-
| crate He admires his wife and has
made her partner In everything Nor
/ is 0verseer Jane Dowie a force to be
4 overlooked in Zion She is a mothery
woman, calm eyed and peaceful, intel-
I ligent ard devoted TO her husband. In
their family life they seem perfect
Another revelation Of Dowie's char
4 acter was made later III his library
There. surrounded by books. he is nit
home, and the student shows out all
over him. On the shelves Of his libra
ry are works In Sanskrit, IN the almost
unknown by name languages Of India,
great volumes Of Chinese writings
and these D0wie reads
When he cannot read a language he
either learns it or summons one Of his
followers, who are recruited from al
most every race and there are more
than fifty nationalities represented iii
Zion City and has it read to him.
Dowie converses with his Chinese ad-
herents intelligently and fuently. He
is an authority on Chinese history ana
literature.
Where does this man 20 to learn
these things2" ! asked Of his right
hand man later
He told me Dowie works eighteen.
twenty, sometimes twenty four hours
a day, tireless, sleepless and sustained
by his immense physical energy. He
has worked as many as forty hours
with scarcely a stop even for meals.
He has preached and prayed all day
and all evening and then, returning 70
his office, written all night to fiji the
editorial columns Of the paper that
Zion prints.
This work he win delegate to none,
believing that most Of his converts
have been reached through Leaves Of
Healing.
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