The sun., 1903-10-20
DOWIEITES HEALED NOT One.
PRAYER AND ANTICS MINGLED
AND-NOTHING HAPPENED.


Real Pathos at Their Meeting. and Faith
"A Mothers Cry for Her Suffering
Child--Bandages and Prescriptions
Cast Away-Host Sure We Must De Bad.
With all the secrecy and mystery that
might have characterized the initiation Of
. Mason, or the conservation OF a voodoo
priest, the first divine healing meeting
Of the Zion Restoration Host began In one
Of the small rooms in Madison Square Gar
den yesterday afternoon. It lasted rather
more than two hours, and nobody was
healed.
'Wicked indeed il this sink Of iniquity,
for there Is not faith enough to cure single
body was the remark Of one Of tho guards
a. he left the healing room ct tho close Of
the meeting.
At the close Of tho restoration meeting
at noon. Elijah III. announced that only
those whose hearts are honest. whose stom-
achs are clean and into whom the spirit Of
God had entered would bs allowed to At
tend. There were about two hundred Who
apparently judged themselves to be al Of
this and they were conducted by Overseer
Speicher to the healing room. After
each man and woman in tho room had been
passed upon by one Of the deacons or dea-
conesses present, the doors were looked and
as Is tho custom at all Dowio meetings
the newspapers and all connected with than
wore condemned to eternal puniahmsut.
Now, there are any members Of tho
press here-I say II there are any reporters
In this room-will they be honest enough
to 60 out said Deacon Speioher. Ono
young reporter left.
him here, hope they will follow his ex-
ample" commented Deacon Speicher.
A young woman stood up. II write for
the papers. but don't believe belong in
that category. Does your remark apply to
me, overseeri'
is the love Of God in your heart, sister7
Do You want to be honesti' the Deacon
asked her.
The answer was in the affirmative and
she was allowed to stay.
GUM oHEwEBs CATCH II.
All the dishonest rep orters being ex-
PEELED, the overseers deemed the air once
more purified and after long and rapid
prayer the meeting got down to business
Overseer Speicher explained that Elijah
was praying for them elsewhere, but that
the meeting would be conducted by him
self, Overseer Mason and Oversser Piper.
He began by announcing that he had been
cured OF cancer nine years ago and that he
had been a physician until he was restored
to grace by becoming a Zion preacher
Then he reviled tobacco smokers and chew
ers. In the midst of the denunciation
Overseer Mason announced that there
were some in the audience who were not
sincere. -
4There's man over there who fs work.
ing his jaws. overseer,' exclaimed Over
seer Mason. Hes not in earnest. He
just came here out of curiosity"
Judge not, that ye be not judged. some
one in theaudience exclaimed, The men,
bers of the host gasped Would the au-
dacious sinners spit the word of God in their
faces?
Perhaps, brother, it is lust the force
of habit" remarked Overseer Speicher
Some men get so used to chewing that
they work their mouths in their sleep"
But Overseer Mason insisted that miracles
could not be worked in the presence of
scofiers and sightseers. Finally the OBJ
noNiouS Individual was singled ont. He
was a harmless looking young man who
was innocently en- owing hunk OF chewing
gum. Overseer Mason gave the youth
a personal talking to. The result was the
young man surrendered three unchewed
pieces Of gum. Likewise the lump in process
of being chewed.
This started a general surrender.
rosy checked curly haired girl, whose
presence, to judge from Appearances in
dicated that somebody's beds had been
left unmade also handed over nice STICKY
piece of gum. Overseer Speicher dwelt at
length on the virtue OF these two new men,
bers and painted in glowing colors their
future reward.
A PRAYER was offered.
There is fellow there. looking around,
overseer" again interrupted Oyerseer
Mason. Il think he must be a reporter"
The man who had looked around was
asked to leave, and did so. lie proved to
be a preachers son who had never Saen
the inside of newspaper office.
MOSTLY DENuNCIAToRY
Following tie prayer and the expulsion
of the preachers son, Overseer Speicher
announced that God would do his part. and
they, the oyerseers, would do theirs
the rest lay with the patient.
IF your faith is strong enough you will
be cured, and If you are not cured it is
because you are Of little faith, he said.
A little girl being carried by tired faced
mother, moaned. How about the ohild?"
asked some one.
"a If your faith was stronger, your tongue
wouldn't wag so, replied Overseer Mason.
But before the time for the miracles
arrived, Overseer Speicher purified the air
by pouring forth venomous condemnations
OF tobacco, drugs and liquor. The burden
that ran through II all was that some OF
those present would have to surrender be-
fore God would heal, A tall, one-eyed
red-faced man stood up.
"What is it, brother?' asked Overseer
Speicher,
The man began TO cry. Some of the
female members of the host followed his
example There were sobs throughout
the room. Overseer Speicher batted his
eyes.
Lord have mercy on himi' he exclaimed
-Amcn!" sobbed the host
"What il II, brother Have you sinned
and are now restOred?"
Finally the man admitted that he had
been working in "A saloon, but had quit
had been restored
A long harangue on the evils Of saloons
came then. At the close Of this two boys
walked up TO the platform and handed
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