The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-19
h First Sermon He Promises to Give Out Something
 That NOR'tbe Forgotten
CALLS DOWN HEARERS WHO
 TRY 10 LEAVE THE HALL
Six Thousand People Are Turned Away from Madison Square Gar den After All seats in the Build
 ing Had Been Filled.

New York, October B-tlVe thousand people were turned away from Madison Square Garden this afternoon after all the seats in the building had been filled with great crowd, curious to see John A Dowle on his first appearance before New York audience.
 Fully 14000 people were in the garden at 2:9o when the services began with the processional, in which the Zion white robbed choir. to the number of 5000, and the capped and gowned officers of the Christian Catholic church in Zion, took part.
 The procession ascended to the platform where the choir took position behind the pulpit and the officers occupied the places at the sides. When those on the plat form had taken their places, Dr. Dowie ascended the platform, accompanied by 1 overseers Daniel Bryant, J. c. Excell, A. { J. Gladstown Dowie, J. G. Speigner, G. L. Mason and W. Hammer Piper, who took their places behind the pulpit in lthe order in which they ascended the rostrum.
 Dowle Wore Regulation Robe. Dr. Dowle wore the usual white robe with a black robe above it. The service of prayer opened with the invocation by pr. Dowie, followed by the singing of hymn during which the crowd continued to pour into the garden. This was fol- lowed by the recital of the creed and commandments, and the reading of the scripture, during which hundreds started to leave the hall, causing much con- fusion. The exodus continued in spite of repeated orders to close the doors, un- nf1. frd nf hn ut1f h departed, many of the vacant seats being filled with the waiting crowd outside. Af- ter order had been somewhat restored, Dr. Dowie said:
 If this is New York and this a typical New York congregation l am in the face of a new experience. l think that some of the people who came in must nave thought this was a Buffalo Bill show. l wonder if the congregations of the churches here enter and leave as they please. l reckon we have learned some- thing and will be prepared for it here- after. There will be no more going out of the front door, If any have remained outside let them in. It seems a shame they should not have the seats the Buff falo Bill persons have left"
 No entered
 Well. let us kep the quiet audience we have" said the doctor.
 Took Text from Revelations.
 Dr. Dowie took his text from the third chapter of the Book of Revelations, twen- tieth verse.
 "Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If any man hear my voice and open the door, l will come in to him and will sup with him, and he with me-
 Then, walking back and forth in front of his pulpit, he began:
 Eyes have they, yet they see not. Ears have they yet they hear not I shall ask the gentlemen of the press to be- have and to not talk. I am not one who Is concerned about the audience he speaks to- but I am going to have a quiet au- N. dience. Now you'd better behave Sit down, madam, you just sit down.
 Dr. Dowie strode across the platform and pointed his finger, shaking 1t at the woman to whom he shouted:
 New, these people who nave gone away could not have gone because of what l said for I was reading what God said Ears they had but they heard not. I am going to make you hear"
 With his arms above his head, in shrill voice that reached the farthest hearers of the garden, he cried:
 ''Ol It's good to know that God has not ceased to knock at the human heart; to knock at the doors of homes; to knock at the doors of workshops; at the doors of places of business; at the doors of business institutions at the doors of the municipality; at the doors of halls of ex- changes; at the doors of princes and of presidents and of kings. Thunder at the door of the world, is the King of Kings. and in his name I stand before you to- day and say: Open that door and let the spirit of God ln.
 Followers Murmured Amen"
 A murmur of amen" went up from his followers.
 After a reference to Christ and the woman of Samaria, he continued:
 'eThey began to ask who Christ was. Is not he the son of old Joe, the carpenter we all know? This is Jesus. the son of old Joe And they talked with each oth- er And they told him to get out of there, but he stood still. And if you say to me in New York get out of here I wont get They said to me in Chicago they would drive me out of the city, but told them the only way they could drive me out, would be by killing me, and driv- Ing me out in a hearse. Bless your life. am the only minister forty-two miles from Chicago that the newspapers hun ger to get even word from"
 He went on with sudden laugh:
 ..The last mayorality election. both candidates came to me to get me to back them up in the fight. And perhaps I might be a help to one side or the other In New York yet l have not made up ny mind about 1t yet l have a message for the press tomorrow, and I'll give 1t a lick they'll never forget"
 Continuing he said:
 Some will go away and say, I don't like Dowie. He puts his wife on the plat form with him.
 Wife Can Talk, Too.
 ssMhv should not I nut my wife on the