The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-11

: Tennessee scout hs3 IN mind when he de-
scribed Andrew Jackson:
II a party OF fsIlers was travelling along
tral and was attacked BY Indians and
none Of them had ever seen each other
before the memorable occasion jackson
would have taken charge Of the fight. and
every man present would nave taken his
orders and saiu thank ye. too. just a. u
they'd been doing the same all shc!r
lives
A very few years ago DowIe vas a, in
dependent and unattached minister % no
particular persuasion.
Scotch by birth his early years OF man
hood had been spent ia Australia.
He was soJouTnlng In CnIrago board
ing-house on the lookout f5r Eock when
the night attack came ard ne was chosen
leader OF the people who dewitt In that
particular boardIng-house and we're
shocked az Chicago's golnEs on
To-day thousands and hundreds OF thou
Sancs acknowledge him as their leader.
thei- spiritual adviser and their WORLDLY
guide.
For reasons which 81 would he too long
10 relate here he halls himself as Ethan
the RestorOr
In the very few years that have elapsed
snce the day he pushed himself Up above
the heads OF the submerged millions
Dowie has proved himself to be a church
aAAe@AeA EAAANAA = kN@AE AAAa-aA@ANE VIZ
might well venture without timidity into
Wall street. and an antirnedIcine faith
healer beloved and believed iu b thou
sands Of patients, though the apothecAries
90 speak evil things OF him
HUT IN WHICH
HIS CALL WAS HEARD.
The little wooden hut In which his
call was first heard has grown into q tenn
pie 50 respondent that whether you Will or
Wha-a
shut Dovie believes I'm his own prayers
as perhaps no mortal man has ever bo-
lievsd before. and when death instead e
the life that he prayed for came 20 his
beloved laughter he Fever even had .
moment OF pEilos, phle doubt
Prom the pulpit he proclaimed that 81
w6s his daughter who had bssn az fault
and not his prayers
And he works miracles not only On Gun
day. but every day in the week
His pulpit Is hung abo It with orutohss
like the miraculous grot.o Of LourdcA
say he performs miracles. / mean that
thousands upon thousands who have seen
him at it have como away believing and
made aftidavits 10 the effi,sJcy Of his heal
ing power.
However. he has moments Of modsSty,
too. in which he 'l!s:lsiuls any GrSat per
sonal power. but admits that he hes ua-
usual access TO God y prayer.
This lattsr-day Elijah has 9 talent fer
real-estate speculation and q bump Of
acqUitiveness which Is remarkabls even
when you remember that he was born IN
canny Scotland and received his businsss
training in Chicago
He has undoubtedly smassed q larEs
fortune. but il IA also true that he has
placed his church upon q Ssif-supporting
basis.
They never would have 10 pass the plate
again II Dowle. in his Unsuitable thirst for
power. did not spur and lead them on to
higher and harder things. an. for Instance,
the conversion OF little old New York"
He likens his apcstleship TO that % John
the Baptist. as well as Elijah, and Uhea
reprOyed. al he sometimes has been IN the
open church for his undoubtedly luz
urious mode OF life. he always answers:
Who knows what John the Baptist and
Elijah would 10 II they came TO ChicaEoy'
And of course nobody knows except
William 7. Stead. and up TO the present
he remains singulariy silent.
SALVATION ARMY
NOW AN INSTITUTION
The Salvation Army. though not an
American. and PERHAPS not a religious,
movement in any selse. has taken arm
root and become ons OF our institutions
Every large city 10 the headquarters Of
one OF Its army cops. and In every ham |
let there Is an outpost on duty night and
day. Before every ginpalace and ike pitt |
fal for the unwary stands a Salvation |
Army lad or lessie pleading with Us 70 |
keep away and giving Us the helping hand. |
There Is no place SO secluded as TO ss-
cape the attention OF the videttes and the |
nytng squadrona which the army sends /
out continually.
They srs attracted not enly by the Law,