The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-09
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With his host Of 5000 disciples. John
Alexander Dowie will leave Chicago on;
Oct. IA, bound to save New York city from.
perdition. For two weeks he will be In
trenched with his invading army in Madi !.
son Square Garden, where he Will preach
to all those who care to listen to tim, and
from whence q victorious crusade against,
vice and crime will be Instituted. d
The campaign is to have for Its prin-s
cipal feature the abolition OF the stock
market and the enlightening Of the bulls
and bears, In the error Of their ways
For two weeks Broadway from Harlem;
to the Battery will berlin a state OF siege,
and in those two weeks Dowie expects to-
save the city. 81
The Man and His Work.
Who Is this man., whose career as an.
evangelist, some say financier, has been
more than meteoric? Where does he: get.
his power? These are questions that are
puzzling the minds of many To-day and
that will perhaps continue to 60 unan-s
swered till Dowie and Zion City are no
more. 49, sS5'rt. ~ d
"a little man with handy legs as he.
describes himself, this Rev. John Alex
ander Dowie Is the general overseer OF the
Christian Catholic Church Of Zion-an
Office created by himself for himself in 4
church organized by himself. The
creed OF this church is the doctrine Dowie.
preaches-the law of Moses and the power
OF God to heal sickness in response ia.
prayerrs More than this he is the man
VINO ten years ago went to Chicago a poor
missionary for an unpopular cause and
. ana ~. ms followers number 100 ooo
Dowie considers all lands his vineyards.
al people the subjects Of his evangeIiza,-
t1on, and It Is because he thinks that New
YORK IS "the wickedest spot on. EARTH,
that ne and his army are headed this ways
me power Of Mesmer the doctrine Of the
1alth healing Newton, the imagination Of
the porn real estate speculator and the
financial daring Of the trained promoter
are all combined by Dowie into q person
atty by which, with a pers,1a siven ass
which is all his own. he convinces his
followers that he is a prophet come down
to modern times, +',- '.js,., 5.>1 = - =
By the judicious use Of all these facul-
ties he has convinced the sick that thew
were We'll; he has persuaded them to turn
over their temporary goods to his care; he
mas bought with their money an enormous
tract OF land and then induced them to
Duy 1t back from him with more Of their
money, and he has gone there to live witt,
them, to rule them, in a CITY which he
as prophet declares to be the New Ierr
salem, the center of the new kingdom Of
COO on earth. for which he, Elijah the
prophet, has come to prepare the people.
but which to the more practical tax as
SCISSORS and postal clerks isgsonIy the boom
town OF Zion City, I'll. 81 CO
Some OF Dowie's Achievements,
D1vested Of the halo his followers At
tribute to him, Dowie is, In fact, a Scotch
man., a former minister Of the Congreea-
t1onal church, a faith healer and the head
Of the Christian Catholic church Of zion
Qabelled John H. Dowie, owner and pro-
prietor''). y-s.sz.. &c 4sEs
Possessing in marked degree: ali the
characteristics Of the first three Of these,
and being, with Mrs. Eddy, the only ex-
ample Of the latter, he is susceptible Sof
ready analysis and = examination. Com
passing within himself the supreme Bower
OF his church. his subjects obey his every
whim Every vote Of q male ''DoWieite''
in the pocket Of this same Dow1eitg'' ten
cents belongs by right to Dowie, and the
remaining ninety II he wishes whichNis
IN q great many fnstancesthe case. Filled
with the sincere love and fears@of Cod he
has a piety which Is no cant and q power
which, whether hypnotic, telepathic or
mesmeric, actually does relieve great
numbers from pain. Wherever the cross
and crown, his crest, are found, no alec
holic drinks or tobacco are used, no pork
or oysters or drugs are consumed. no card
games played and no profane languageSis
overseer, has tabooed. q %s&fH -.
The first thirteen years Of Dowie's life
were spent in Edinburgh, where he be-:
came f1nbued with the straight lined
Scotch principles Of religion. HIS parents
then moved to Adelaide South Australia.
where Dowte,s who up to this time had
shown no more ability in any particular
line than the ordinary youth, supported
himself, as he says. in mercantile pur-
suits for seven years. Having accumu~
lated enough, he returned to- Edinburgh
to complete his studies for the ministry
THEORETICALLY, he chung strictly Sto# the
scriptures, and saw within himself and
his fellow men watchful deity, who
kept up a continual struggle with an
awful creature called the, devil, to the
end that some were saved to the joys OF
eternal life, while others were condemned
to the terrible clutches OF Satan. After
the completion Of his studies he returned
to Australia, where In 1872 he was or
dained, and was imme diately called to- the
Manley Congregational church, in Sydney,
where he first became well known.
A Born Orator.
A born orator, he never made an asser-
ton that he did not have countless au-
thorities to uphold him Ia It. Earnest and
Jealous and, above ALL, q tireless worker
he did not fail of success In his chosen
calling. It was only a short time before
that he was placed in the Denonina tional
Collegiate church, at Newtown, near Sgd
ney. Dowie has always loved to tell Of
that time. With the JUNCTION with which
the egotistical and the consciously cleri-
cal love to relate stories that 1atter their
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