The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-09-17
.OOWIE's BIG MISSION.
Zionist Leader Plans to Evan
gelize New York.
EVERY HOUSE IS TO BE VISITED.

II
8atributed-Madison square Car
den to he headquarters Of Invad-
ing Army, which win BE Trans
ported From chicago In Ten sRe-
ciaI Trains.
II is not a mere dalliance with super /
latives to say that eDr John Alexan-
der Dowie. ruler Of Zion City near
Chicago. and head Of the Christian |
Catholic Church In Zion, is the busiest |
and most optimistic man III Illinois |
today. SAYS the New York Herald. |
with all his other manifold tasks he |
Il concerning himself night and day
with the coming mission Of his res
toration host to New York, when the
evangellzation Of the metropolis Win
begin.
Plans for the invasion and the cam
oaign to redeem New York from the
imps of darkness have been formulate
ed to the smallest detail Ten trains
have been engaged to transport the
| host eastward. These viii leave Chi
cago by various trunk lines, and all
are scheduled to arrive in New York
on Friday, oct. I6. Dowie's own train
viii be the last to leave Zion City and
the first to reach New York.
In Dowie's private car, which will be
magnihcently appointed and donated
for the purpose BY the Nickel Plate
road, win ride Elijah H." Mrs. Dow
ID, Gladstone Dowie, their attendants
and the immediate star Of the general
overseer. This train Is to reach New
York at a quarter past o'clock on the
morning Of Oct. 16.
Al complete telegraph system viii be
installed In this train In charge Of q
competent operator. By this means
I Dowie win receive hourly reports from
each of the other nine trains, giving
/ It's exact location, progress and such
other information as may be deemed
desirable TO the leader of the conquer
ing host. Dowie viii be the flying
king, giving his orders en- route to his
followers. Nine Of the trains VIII con-
sist Of ten day cars. with sleeping
! cars attached.
Specific orders have been given BY
Dowie to the entire host that each
member must eat In Madison Square
Garden, where extensive preparations
are being made to take care OF the
. restoratlonists There viii be no iav-
ish meals and no putting on Of frills
in the eating Of them, but the food Is
to be Wholesome, and two meals day
I viii be served for Is cents.
Deacon Frank Nv. Cotton viii be
commissary Of the host, and under his
/ charge will be the entire kitchen stan
7 of Elijah Hospice Zion City i name for
hotel Edna Hospice and Zion
Z Home No. /. This force viii attend
Y to the cooking Of the meals, the cooks
to work In relays. So that the work de
yolving upon each may be ais light Al
possible. Madison Square Garden vii
y present the spectacle Of from 1900 Il
Il ZOO Zionists eating at once. Dishes
are to be taken along. These are al
Y ready provided for IN Zion City
Y Breakfast will be served ut o'clocl
and dinner at o'clock tn the evening
u Every restorationist must be on hant
ar at the garden for these two meals. !
his appetite becomes too strong t
wait for the o'clock meal he ma,
y; buy d lunch at m eating house In til
i, territory to which be will be assignee
for missionary work The Zion BAN
il of forty pieces viii wake the echoe:
and the adult choir of $50 members an
or the Junior choir Of 200 voices wi
III unite in the battle hymns Of th
nd church.
IS While in New York the host wi
,d take part In the early morning NEE
j, Iings OF praise and prayer, at whie
Sc DR.. Dowie will deliver addresses on II
eleven commandments, taking one eac
nj, morning, and four other subject
which he will select for the dftee
de days. AS soon as possible after breal
let fast the companies will form the
az seventies and leave Madison Squai
il Garden for the districts allotted
In them for the days work. AT 10 o'cloc
led every morning the general oversees
will hold d meeting In Madison Squal
for Garden, at which the host win not
lre present. At these meetings Dow
a.. hopes to give divine healing teachir
n. and to spend much time with the
land suffering. The members of Il
ar- host will be expected to return
s. Madison Square Garden for their
IT. bors at 4 b. nj. A hot dinner Of thr
Nil OF four courses will be served at
1e 3. IA. This viii give ample time to &
563 ready for the evening meeting. The
NJ. are to be no afternoon meetings.
There will be street meetings In va
not Gus parts OF the city These meetin
oan will not be so demonstratiye as tho
nv held by the Salvation Army, but "
MA be similar to them In that there v
Al. be speaking, praying and singing
oyt hymns.
s,,9 The bulk of the work mapped D
III however, will consist OF visitatio
.'t members of the host going to businl
h,,s and private houses and leaving ira
80 ~ issued under the direction of ID
~ Dowie. These tracts relate to !
ea tennts of the church. to the princip