Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-19
RED|JKES NEN WORKERS
Dowie Disapproyes of Buffalo
Bill" Persons Who Didn't
Stay to Hear Him
He FACES NEW EXPERIENCE
During Preliminary Service. Reading
of the Scriptures, Etc, Hundreds
Started to Leave the Hall, Causing
Much confasion-Warns New York
Newspaper Reporters.

New YORK. Oct. 1s.-Five thousand
persons Wee turned away from Madi-
son Square Garden yesterday afternoon
after all the seats in the building had
been filled with great crowd curious
to see Johr Alexander Dowie, on his
first appearance before New York
audience. Fully 1906 persons We're in
the garden at 2;30 O'clock. when the
services began with The professional,
in which the Zion white robed choir,
capped and gowned ordained officers
of the Christian Catholic church in
Zion took part.
The proce ssion assembled TO the plat
form where the choir took position be-
hind the pulpit. and the officers offered
| the places 1T the sides When those
on the platform had taken their places.
DIR. Dowie assembled the platform. ac-
companied by several overseers.
The service of prayer opened with
the invocation by DR.. Dowie followed
by the singing of a hymn, during
4 which the crowd continued TO pour into
the garden. This was followed by the
recital of the creed and commandments
| and the reading of scripture, during
4 which hundreds OF persons started to
/ leave the hall. causing much confusion.
/ The exodus continued in spite of re-
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nearly a third of the audience had de-
/ parted, many Of the vacant seats being
filed With tile waiting crowd outside.
1 After order had been somewhat re-
/ stored, Dr. bowie said
If this is New York and this is a
| typical New York congregations | am
IN the face of a new experience. /
/ think that some of the people who
came in mus have thought that this
was a Buffalo Bill show. | wonder If
the congrega joins of the churches here
enter and leave as they please. i rec
kon We have learned something and
will be prepared hereafter There will
be no more going cut of the front door.
If any have remained outside let them
in. 1t seems a shame they should not
have the seats the Buffalo Bill persons
have left"
No one entered.
Wei, let us keep the quiet crowd
We have. sa d the preacher
DIR. Dowle took his text from the
third chapter of the book of Revela-
lions the twentieth verse:
"Rehold. L stand at the door ana
knock If any man hear my voice ana
open the door l will come in TO him
and Will sup with him and him with
me-
After reference to Christ and the
woman of Sa maria. he continued:
They began TO ask who Christ was.
lis not he the son of old Joe, the car
ioenter we all know This is Jesus
The son OF old Joe. Ard they talked
NTH each other And they told him
to get out OF there but he stood still |
And If You sa.F to me in New York get |
out. OF here / Won't get. They said TO
me In Chicago they would drive me |
out of the city, but l told them the
only way they would drive ne out |
would be by killing me and driving me |
out in hearse. Bless Your life, am |
the only minister forty two miles from /
Chicago that the newspapers hunger to I
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vet. have not made up my mind about
ii vet. have nessaga FOR the ,,ass
tomorrow and I'll give IL a lick they'll |
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