Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-10-23
Dowie's Crusade.

Square Garden, Sunday, but it wa:
evident that he could not manage i,
as he has been in the habit of control.
ling western audiences. When the
Gothamites got tired of his harangue
they walked out. This did not suit
the prophet, and he protested. The
only recognition of his protests was a
grin on the faces OF those who were
making for the doorway. Large halls
in New York are called Gardens
such as castle Garden" one of the
largest auditoriums ON the continent
Dowie ordered the doors closed, but
this mild form OF protest was not re.
spected by the public, which insisted
upon going as freely as they came to
meetin'." The prophet then de.
nounced the sinners; stating that
they had evidently made a mistake
and had come to see q " Buffalo Bill''
show.
There is one thing in which the mod
ern Elijah's mission differs very much
from that of all other expounders of
doctrine founded upon Christianity.
He is after money. Helm no wise depre.
Gates the value of money. He says he
wants 100000 from the great me-
tropolis, and he is going to get it; by
what methods, he says not. How he
will be able to do it, is mystery. His
methods are in all respects widely diff.
ferent from the characteristics of the
Meek and Lowly One. He came in a
palace car, with his coach and four in
q box car; he came with fife and drum,
with clangor of trumpet and clash of
cymbal; he fed bis multitude" who
followed him from the west on any,
thing but five loaves and three small
fishes. While every one of his disci.
Piles is compelled to put ten per cent.
of his worldly possessions in the
spot" he is enabled TO draw forth
more than the lentels for which Esau
is said to have sold his birthright.
1t is said that five thousand people
were turned away from Madison
Square, Sunday, after all the seats in
the great building had been filled.
There were fully IL, 900 inside, when
the white-robed choir Of 600 people
and the cap'and-gowned ordained off,
GERS Of the Christian Catholic Church
tso.called took their places. After
an invocation and singing, during
which people poured in, all went well,
but when Dowie began his TRADE
against real or imaginary subjects Of
complaint, the people began leaving in
squads. The reporters came in for a
share of abuse. A woman who rose,
probably to leave the hall, met his
glance and shaking his finger at her
he Numbered 81 Sit down, madam, you
just sit down."
How long such eccentric displays
of individuality will draw the crowd is,
OF course, uncertain, but the ease with
which they became disguised or tired
ct the first meeting indicates that the
crusade will be short.lived. A system
attic house-to-house system OF prozelyt-
ing has begun, but 90 far no definite
line Of campaign has been outlined.
Dowie claims that according to
promise, Elijah came once a. . mighty
destroyer when he called down the fire
of Mt. Carmel on . sinful world; he
came again - John the Baptist, and
he must come again, according to the
promise of God, before the great and
terrible day Of judgment. "Elijah tri.
umphed once" be affirmed. "God
grant he may triumph again." and
=" Amen! amen I" came from oil over
the hall.
Mrs. Dowie 10 known to the follow
ers ~ Overseer Jane Dowie, and of her
the prophet said:
"Some will go away and say, Il don't
like Dowie. He puts his wife on the
platform with him. Why should not l
put my wife on the platform? She can
talk better than l can, particularly when
We are alone together. Oh, what fools
the churches have been! They have let
the devil get the women. They have let
them 60 on the stage, and dance and
sing. Isn't it now time we had the wo-
men singing for Jesus?'
That would be sensible. if true.
The fact is, that the whole religious
! fabric rests on the shoulders of woman.
From the women ct the sepulcher,
down to the limit of modern civiliza-
ton, woman has been the central fig.
ure of all Christian endeavor.