The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-10-22
D0WIEITES
DOWNCAST
Restoration Host Feels Effect Of
Heavy aFrost."
CHANGE IN THEIR PLANS.
Instead Of sending out HIS FOLLOW
era as Missionaries Prophet
Has 10 Keep Them 10 Make
Audiences For Him.


storer," otherwise John Alexander
Dowie Of Zion city. has been compelled
to change his plans for the conversion
OF New York city. Kisses at his remarks
In Madison Square Garden and the gen
eral frost that has prevailed since
his arrival have made it necessary for
him to keep most Of his restoration
host as a sort Of heaven for bis meet
ings.
Before he started from Zion he an
nounced that lie would turn about 1900
Of his people loose each day TO canvass
from house to house and invite people
TO attend the meetings. Only 200 Of
the host are doing this work and in
stead of being able to visit each hoiae
in the city twice during the two weeks
that Dowie is supposed to be here it ~
probable that more than half the peo-
pie OF the city will not be approached.
II is claimed that this change In
plans on the part Of Dewie Is due to
the fact that he realizes he must have
most Of his people IN the Garden to
back him up In his work there. Under
his original plans the 200 uniformed
Zion guards were to look after all aft
fairs at the Garden and the remainder
of the host was to do outside work in
the daytime and attend the meetings
at night
shock For Rank and FiIe.
About 1000 Of those supposed to be
detailed to outside work attended the
morning meeting. In the rank and file
Of the host there appears to be con
siderable Generalization over the sit
uation. They have been SO accustomed
to take the word Of Dowie as law that
they do not understand the lack Of tol.
Grafton Of bis methods here
This was especially true when thu
leader was roundly Kissed BY the audi.
ence for his vulgarity in condemning
all secret societies and especially the
Masonic fraternity
The priests OF Baal in this city are
the Freemasonss shouted Dowie dur
ing one Of his frenzies They carry
on their aprons the point within the
circle, the emblem Of Baal, the sun
god They repudiate the divinity Of
Christ. They make mock Of him."
The Kisses that greeted Dowie at this
and similar TRADES made by him fairly
took the breath away from bis follow
ers. They could not understand how
any person would dare to express dis
approval Of what their little Eat, round
leader said,
zion Has Its secrets.
| Many IN the audience suspected that
Dowie's own organization il decid-
eddy secret one and that only few
Of his most confidential men really
know its inner workings The unre-
generated New Yorker cannot get into
| Madison Square Garden except at Ger.
tain hours. There are secret meetings
lit other times of the restoration host,
at which passwords and Identification
cards are used to prevent outsiders
spying on them Instead Of following
the example of the churches Of the city
and doing their church work III tbe
| open, most Of It is transacted at these
secret meetings.
AT the conclusion Of the meetings o.
the entire body Of ZiOnists there comes
d meeting of the 'lnner circle or cab
met. This is even secret from the 9th
i err members Of the organization. Only
such as Dowie selects can sit iii this
/ meeting, so the rank and file do not
know what is done at it. 10 mike sure
that none Of the following shall inter
rupt this cabinet meeting six lines Of
| guards are thrown about the meeting
room In Madison Square Garden. It il
at these profoundly secret meetings
that Dowie issues his orders ID the
men next under him, and they see that
IN due time the rank and file carry
them out
Editors Did Not Appear.
| The early service Of the Dowie fol.
lowers at Madison Square Garden was
| we'll attended. More than half Of the
/ number, however, were members Of The
host.
/ Dowie's address was "The Third
/ Commandment; or The Sin OF Bias
pheming the Name Of God. The lead.
er Of the host said at the conclusion
Of his address,
x am going to the Fifth Avenue no.
tel, where / am to meet the editors Of
the New York papers / wish you
| would pray for me- VIII your
4 Instantly all OF the followers Of
Elijah the Restorer responded by
saying Yes