The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-18

members OF the host. More complaints
are expected later. but unless lodgers Gan
tell specifically why they do not ike their
quarters. no new quarters WAL 10 gwen Y"
them. .,,n,;,
had 70 do in A large part with the news
papers. He told them that the story that nis
wife had lost 81 800 diamond brooch was
an Invention made public by the Old BOY
particular friends. Mrs. Dowie. he gave
out, hasn't any such jewelry. .;.
He did not explain why memoe en- I pohhS
party were allowed to lament in the loppy
Of the plaza Hotel Friday morning over ne
loss Of the jewelry. He likewise denied.
with tears in his ewes, that he had break
fast ed AT the Pla "a Hotel while the HOS, az
tho Garden was breakfastless. he saio
that his grief was so great over the nos, ,,,
condition Friday morning that ne ven
without food until o'clock In he az erhoon.
He probably forgot that he had breaklast
on his private car before arriving az inc
Grand Central Station ..-dsv
Il interested some Of the Host yesterday
to learn that the General Overseer per-
eonal food checks at his hotel on Fnuux ~.
addsd up to =: 1T Th icy al are e1pssa Of the
meal times they spend in this city. o,,
Dowie IL known to his own a. Genera!
Oyerseer. The regular form OF wrltnS
letters from one member Of the Host TO
another ia with the beginning n
peace to you, and God bless inc W. "
and all the members Of the host. ...,rr
in ths Garden Yesterday at 8 o'clock,
Dowie did not get up for it, but was repre-
ssntsd by his ecclesiastical secretary Des
con Excell. Overseer Speicher leo ING
meeting. He has black whiskers, but nis
manners and his voice indicate that no nss
studied Dowie az carefully a. an hoet-
study in the sinful ana saded star
He told the brothers and sisters to .shuI
up. pointed out individuals by name ana
told them to sit down and stop their gag,
blinr. and bulldozed the faithful into gooa
order generally. Overseer Mason paid
tribute to the Garden itself IN as samg
that place where 70 many scenes OF ioAy
and ain have been enacted" might been
be blessed by the advent OF the host
Yesterday afternoon Elder Lee began
making the assignments Of members OF the
host for the active work OF carrying the
Restorer's message to the people OF New
York. ,, ,,.,,,a,,r
the Greater New York has been divided
up into fifty-nine sections. Each section
has band OF seventy assigned 10 1t. tach
band is subdvided into parties OF ten,
under a captain. The messengers a. carry
printed books containing maps OF the sec
tons to which they are asslgn Ell, with notes
as to the character Of the population ana
the best ways Of going, returning and max
ing ones way around.
The instructions are very definite. The
messengers are to travel in pairs. Elk
cept in the case Of married couples, Two
women or two men will go together. IN
married men and women are not 10 enter
any house together. The messengers VIII
say .Peace to this house " and hand out
Elijah's card Of invitation, printed in fac
smile Of Mr.. Dowie's handwriting, as
follows:
ZION CITY. ILL.,.
Oct. l.. 1908.
In the name OF the Christ, the King Of Kings.
I greet You with His MESA ge: Peace be to
this house. and send you these words;
legion OF three Thousand messengers Of Zion
Restoration Host. l have Grrapged ior
visitation Of your city from Lords Day oct;
Is Nos IN an Madl s aaS SHuiseH Hail anu
Beneath the Banner of the Christian Catho-
lie Church in Zion. and the Stars and Stripes.
u The Everlasting Gospel OF the Kingdom
(2J Repentance, Restitution. Salvation.
Healing and Holy T. Living {umsrs,or
a. Obedience, the Eleven Commandments.
and the Law OF Love. TO-
(Sl Christian Union and cooperation III
Church, Home. Business and state -
t8l The Downfall Of all forms OF Apostasy'
Secrecy and Tyranny and;,,, a, All Things ACTS
all who come will be heartily welcome.
faithfully your friend and Gods servant.
JOHN ALEX. DowIB.
Messengers are instructed not to engage
In religious discussion with anybody, Dut
10 refer all disputants to the utterances
Of Elijah the Restorer at the Garden. They
are particularly ordered not to pray or
preach on the streets contrary to law.
II any householder desires to be prayed
with the messengers will pray-but briefly.
because there is much work to be done,
No effort at divine healing will be made
good many cases Of healing under observa-
ton before the week is over. Many re-
quests for healing have already been re-
eiycd at the Garden. Yesterday when
Dcwie was entering the Garden, between
double lines Of the uniformed Zion guards,
a woman with tears streaming down her
cheeks got through the .h lines sau add got as
She explained afterward that her little
baby had been absolutely helpless and
paralyzed until she took him to Zion City
last summer and asked Dowie to do some
thing. She said that Dowie had laid hands
on the child and had prayed and that the
Cnlld mad been we'll anu slious SSti s.h.G
Deacon Newcomb, Director OF Publica-
tions and Publicity, supplemented this
chronicle by telling how, once when he had
been suffering with ptomaine poisoning and
very near death, he had sent hurry call for
the G. O., who was in the publication build
ing. The G.. O. had been unable to come,
but sent deacon, who stopped the poison
Ing right away. In evidence whereof
Deacon Newcomb is with US to-day, very
healthy looking, If somewhat weary.
The police stationed around the Garden
have caught the spirit of the Restoration
movement, and some Of them seem to have
taken il much to heart. For the 'G'wan!"
Shich they ordinarily use on the streets
Of the modern Sodom they have substi-
tuted this formula: peace to thee, brother
and kindly keep the way clear here!'
At least, that is what they were saying,
with foolish grins, all day yesterday at the
Twenty sixth street entrance to the Garden.
to friend who did not move promptly.
SORRY, Bill, but you'll have to keep the
road clear here. I don't know exactly
how to take these guys. If they got
sore on the way we're doing things they
might get the Old Man to try to turn
us into a cat or something, I don't sup
pose he could do it, but don't want him
to try
Yesterday, and accosted unoccupied per-
sons with the peace to thee!" SALVATION
and an invitation to visit the Garden and
listen to Dowie. Members of the host
are quite easily distinguished usua!ly-most
Of them carry patent leather or imitation
leather cases intended for the messages
which they are to distribute.
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