The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-20
THEY ARE MEAN DOGS
That Is What DoWie Calls His
Clerical Critics.
GOING TO WALL STREET
Asked the Prayers of His Peo-
pie While There.

New York, Oct 1s-After attending an
early service in Madison squadron Gar
den John Alexander Movies "Restora-
ton host" numbering nearly 4,eoe, began
today house to house canvass of the
CITY. Before giving them his final in
structions Dr. Dowis said: Il am going
out to do a little restoration work my
self and | won't be far from wan street.
Pray for me-"
The majority Of the audience at the ear
~ servise was composed of Zionists- No
robes were worn. Or. Dowie preached
a sermon on 1.-The sin of idoaltry with
applications to present conditions. A
Divine healing meeting was held in the
garden from 1880 a. IN. to noon at when
DR.. Dowie delivered an address on THE
opening of the beautiful gate Of divine
healing"
In his address at the noon meeting Dr.
Dowie alluded TO some clergymen as
mean dogs" and others whose criticisms
Of him had been published in the news
papers he said were "owrking for the
Devil"
OF the 800 or over that we're assembled
when the noon meeting began, less, than
half remained when Dowie had finished
speaking.
Later, Dr. Dowie, accompanied by MIS-
Dowie. his son and Deacon ". Z. klndie.
called on Mayor Low at the city jail ana
told the mayor that his people had re-
spect for New York and admired the may
or for what he had done. He thanked
the mayor for police protection and re
ceiving assurance of the Mayors pleas
lre, departed with the Zion salute peace
be unto the brother 10 which the mayor
responded: Thank you, sir"
Two connpanies of Zion hosts, number
ing seventy persons each are engaged
10 the house TO house canvas of the city
Each company was divided into bands oil
ten Today they visited Manhattan only
The visitation arrangements are under
the direction of Elder Abraham f. Lee
and Deacon George A. Mitchell is the
field marshal.
Deaconess Jessi Ogden has charge OF
the house to house canvass in the fash
ionabIe districts of the city.
When MIR. Dowie opened his night
meeting in Madison Square Garden he
faced an immense throns; when he closed
il his audience had dwindled TO only A
few hundred persons beside the host
he brought with him from the west. He
fretted. fumed, threatened, cajoled AMI
finally resorted to the use OF epithets,
his hearers meanwhile leaving the meet
ing, several hundred together, drowning
the sound of his voice.
He had announced that tonight he
would tell how it was revealed to him
that he was Elijah and also that he
would have something to say TO the
newspapers and their reporters His talk,
which was interspersed with several
HYMNS at times when the tramp of
those leaving this hall was more than
his voice could overcome. was devoted
chiefly to tobacco smokers. liquor
drinkers and newspaper men, all of whom
he classed as dirty hogs" and dirty
birds" Several times the audience Kissed
Dowie. After one such demonstration he
shouted:
I'VE come here and we get your i'm
pudence, but | will get your hearts ana
then ] will get your pocketbooks.
There is nothing so Joyful as spending
money for the Lord he continued.
They say l came TO New York for
money. l don't deny the soft impeacl-
ment"
He said the story that his wife lost a
81. so diamond pin was untrue. as she
never owned a pin like that. nor had
she lost anything. The tales printed
about his people being hungry were also
lies. he said. He had licked the pres;
of Chicago, he shouted. and he would
Tick" the press of New York. lie would
lick these "vultures.
Finally he came TO the promised story
of revelation. He quoted Scripture &c
show that Elijah was to come a third
time. A minister had told him that he
was Elijah, but he was loath TO believe
it. but finally, after going over the situ-
alton carefully, he made up his mind
that he was truly EiIth. Then. at the
opening OF a building in Zion. two years
ago, he had proclaimed himself Elijah.
well knowing the fearful responsibility of
the restoration that he must make as
Elijah