The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-11
DOWIE STARTS ON HIS MISSION
TO SAVE THE NEW WORKERS

to convert the world must have
more money!
On more than one occasion Dowie
has made this demand. And he got it
| every time.
But Dowie himself is not charitable.
He never has been known to give away
anything. Public appeals for aid in
times of suffering or national disaster
never touch him. Woe to the poor
tithepayer of Zion City who falls in
arrears! You are robbing God when
you steal from Dowie. The one who
fails to pay tithes is a thief" Dowie
has been quoted as saying. Hundreds
of persons who said they had contrib
uted their last cent to the cause of
Zion have been drummed out because
their usefulness was no longer ap-
parent. No place in Zion for drones,"
is favorite sentence with Dowie when
he is giving his followers a tongue
flashing.
Dowie is great exponent of econ
| omy--in others. When he returned
| from Europe recently, Elijah the Re
storer," as he styles himself, boosted of
having paid several hundred dollars
for cabin on one of the big liners.
| For years his coach and four have been
| conspicuous on the boulevardS of Chi
cago. Dowie likes fine raiment. His
clothes are of the finest broadcloth
Mrs. Dowie also dresses in the ex-
IRENE of fashion and wears her beauti-
full gowns well.
Dowie has a large personal acquaint-
ance in Chicago, and often is the guest
of rich men who are not members of
his church. On such occasions he has
been known to tip the walters and
servants with large fees. These bene-
for III, 4
chuckle, and DoWie sometimes adds
a joyial dig in the ribs as a further
proof of what a fine. fellow he is.
His first notoriety came about the
time of the Worlds fair, when he posed
as a divine healer. He rented a small
building on the South side and soon had
a small following. His discourses were
of the sensational order and brought
him some newspaper prominence. For
months the attacks made upon him in
| the papers and from pulpits and his
genius for whitening retorts were his
capital. Dowie made loud claims of
being prosecuted, and his following in
creased as his fame broadened. Ad
vertising that would have been fatal
to any one else was turned to profit.
From every failure he reaped har-
vest. Dowie located his six-story
prayer hospital" in Michigan avenue
| and that exclusive thorOughfare was
lined with Zion" schools, stores and
tabernacles. Everything he did was
| accomplished on grandiose scale. He
staggered his churchly rivals by sign
ing long time lease for services in the
Auditorium theater, the home of the
grand opera, and from the platform
where every president in recent years
has spoken hurled epithets at his OPP
ponents and pleadings to his converts.
Often Dowie has drawn 5000 persons
at single meeting.
AS a platform orator it is doubtful
if there has been a more effective
speaker since the days OF Wendell
Phillips or Henry Ward Beecher. He
is past master in the art of eloquence
despite his thin voice and pronounced
lisp. His personal magnetism is so
great that often he holds an audience
for four hours. Modesty is a word not
included in Dowie's lexicon. Alter
nately he talks of God and Dowie, and
on either subject he can thrill any
audience.
This Elijah has remarkable fac
ulty for finance. Judge Tuley on one
occasion remarked that Dowie's pow
ers in this particular were worthy to
be classed with those of ]. Pierpont
Morgan. He is credited with being
worth several millions of dollars. A
year ago Dowie removed from Chicago
because he complained that his tax as
sessments were too high. A dozen