The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-09

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auartered in Madison Square Garden.
Town self esteem he tells how. when Arch
bishop sVaughan-- z brother OF the cardi-
I nal, you knoW''--then assistant head Of the
i Catholic church III AtIstra ALA, made a Bit
Iter attack on the home rule party, which
4 was then IN power, Bowie alone was
/ thought strong enough to oppose him.
Il Which ne did SO successfully that the
archDlshop. had his pamphlet Withdrawn
from circulation. ana the incident, SO Tar
as the controversy was concerned closed
with n the honors, as he says, all in favor
Just about this time sDowie discovered
that the scriptures, OF, rather, his inter
preta ton Of Their. did not sanction the
i receipt OF salaries by ministers for teach
ling the word OF Cod and straightway,
tho success seemed assured him In his
position Dowie resigned charge Of the
Collegiate church and announced his In
tention to- give himself UP entirely to
Evangelical work. Since that day he has
never accepted pay for his preaching,
but has depended solely on what he calls
| ''free-wili offerings but /. which, others
givefa different anames.e Moving, p from
Sidney to Melbourne he became the head
and 'sfrontaaof Sa.anew movement that In
time spread over the whole Of Australia
i and New Zealand. The foundation Of his
doctrine was basedaon sst. Mark, xvi:
These signs shall follow them that
believe - they shall lay hands
ion the sick and they shall recover
Dow1e believeds fIIeHlaid 1lis hands ION
the sick, and the sicksrecovered At first
1t was only In a small way, bat when he
found that God cured his wife OF head
ache on Dowie's laying on his hands and
praying for her. he was ready to try any
case that was brought before him.
| When Dowie believes q thing he doesn't
hesitate to proclaim tt.aseS1 - i: Is&s4 q
I .s Fight AGAINST rMedlcaf Science; g .
So he immediately promulgated his new
doctrine. & He; collected q books against
medical science and, gathered about him
clientele of men and women, some twice
his age, and became the head and front
OF a live movemen emit both in Australia and
New Zealand This was where ,Dowte's
t1rst ambitions to become a. leader were
gratifed. II Isl. - Il = Z. @-.,-.g
This desire for leadership was born in
MIN and Is no more under his control
than the. waves Of the ocean; Put Dowie
under the leadership of no matter how
vigorous an evangelical worker and he
would soon see flaws in the doctrine he.
is now preaching and, would chafe and
worry until he broke away entirely from
his leader and placed himself at the head
| Of g new branch. This was Dowie's PEE
| rtod" Of expansion. He had grown from ia
grocery clerk to- a Biblical student; from
q Biblical student to d; minister, from a
denominat ionaI minister insa small town
to q popular preacher In a great city and
from that to the leadership sof3a, cult with
authority thruOut the island continent
and its vicinity. " sfaSE.A ss25 .@..,ssa..
After having achieved. fame in Austria
liza, he determined Etoz visit England, and
he might have founded his colony there
had he not, in his y Journey thither, come
across America ana Sound the1Apeeple Of
| this country eageRt recipients of eeVery
form Of new thought" He organized the
and after absorbing his smaller concern
into it. made himself presidenty He pro-
posed his trip to Hsohdon as aemissionary
venture, collected revefIue t0tpay his way
and took as weNi VII &llIats he had sawed I'm
Meabourne eswhsre the lord had, provided
bounttfully, and swoRkatI up apd down the
shrewdpesst for had he, gone directly to
Chicago, he would have been net by sure
failure. He waited, however, till he had
collected sufficient funds to build "A small
chap lssin NV odlaJW9Fp Chicago, Rsar the
morlasn sfa1r gatsnsA ihts time ne vas
as he is to-day, q stheocrat.. Thousands
came ito hear him cat his little wooden
Of their various ailments, and it is alleged
that IN many INSTANCES cures were
erected. II fa#3sf s*e%szq.: - -, r.
If Dowie had come as an unassutping
man.: performed, these cures and, gone
and revered him. But Dowie was not un-
assuming. On the contrary, he seized upon
every one 1efs these, cures as a direct testi-
monia1 from God sand advertised them as
SUCH. Pillars Of erutches were built up
behind his pulpit and the fact Of his cures
About this time sDoWie. got his hold on
the Asiatics and became solid"- with them
for just the reason that he did not give
them salvation forrenothing, as did the
other missionaries; but told them they
could not participate in the blessings un-
less they paid, theiE tithes. /. -. I
Z, The 1nternational Divine Healing asso
citation had attained such a scope that
Dowie now found the work Of manage
ment too arduous,s SO he formed the
Christian CATHOLIC church in Zion, made
himself overseer, and. began the, building
Of his Scity: His followers grewsFin NUM-
bers, and he soon formed mission bands
and began to- erect schools and charitable
institutions on a. large SCALE IA publish-
Ing house, followed next, devoted, to, the
disseminate ton gof Zionist ntera ture. Step
by step his enterprise. grew, and tho he
en- great opposition he was In In
Shortly after this Dowies opened his lace
factory. from which. it As said. he derives
his greatest revenue. Step by step up
ward and onward Zion City has grown
from village Of 500 to- q city Of more
than 10000 and Dowie's power Is every
day increasing. This is the state OF Zion
ism and Its leader. Dowie to-day Many
times he has been hailed before the bar
Of Justice i for his persistent refusal to
allow medical attendants to visit his i'll
followers in the Zion sanatorium, and just
as many times has he been able to clear
He breaches into; q. photograph and
sells the records at 50 much per- record, SO
that his followers. In distant parts may
have the sat isfae tions OF hearing his voice.
He contracts for the, services Of a pho