Evening journal., 1903-10-22

aptain OF ten a district The host has
itudied for months the special maps OF
New York in our tabernacle We have
rained the host in Its work We have
all 5000 volunteers in all parts Of
he world under VOW to obey should
all on them for service. Only 5000
have been ordered to New York.
Zion restoration host viii visit ev-
cry home in the city, The work viii
be hard in New Yofk because OF the
high fiat buildings, but Elder Lee,
who is the recorder Of the host, has
perfected every plan. He win explain
everything to you"
Afterward Elder Lee explained
saw maps Of New York, in printed sec
lions, and each section was allotted to
commander Of seventy and subdi-
vided among the captains OF tens.
Each morning while the host remains
in New York It will attend the half
past o'clock morning services. then
take breakfast, and each captain OF
ten VIII lead his party into his district.
He will take a street and cover three
sides Of each block facing that street
for many blocks Having started his
ten TO work, the captain viii station
himself on the corner Of the next
block and perhaps hold a short service
until that block Is finished. II tall ffnt
buildings delay part of the workers,
the first arrivals at the captains post
will assist him In the service
Dowie as religious enthusiast
! Dowie as a shrewd business man, Dow
le as a home man, is impressive. In
his home he is serene, calm and consid-
crate He admires his wife and has
made her partner IN everything. Nor
Is Overseer Jane Dowie force to be
overlooked in Zion. she Is a motherly
woman. calm eyed and peaceful. intel-
ligent and devoted to her husband In
their family life they seem perfect
Another revelation Of Dowie's char
acter was made later in his library.
There, surrounded by books, he is at
home. and the student shows out all
over him. On the shelves Of his libra-
ry are works IN Sanskrit in the almost
unknown by name languages OF India.
great volumes OF Chinese writings
and these Dowie reads.
When he. cannot read a language hd
either learns It or summons one Of his
followers, who are recruited from al
most every race-and there are more
than fifty nationalities represented in
Zion 'City--arid has It read to him.
Dowle converses with his Chinese adj
herents intelllgently and fiuently. He
is an authority on Chinese history and
literature.
where does this man go to learn
these thingsY' i asked of his right
hand man later.
He told me Dowie works eighteen
twenty, sometimes twenty-four, hours
n day, tireless. sleepless and sustained
by his immense physical energy. He
has worked as many as forty hourl
with scarcely a stop even for meals
J He has preached and prayed all da,
. and all evening and then. returning 4
e his Office, written all night to all tn
G editorial columns Of the paper tina
o Zion prints.
n This work he win delegate 60 none
believing that most Of his convert
e have been reached through Leaves c
It Healing.
T. Returning to the subject OF the Ne
"a York trip, Dowie said:
''The object of the campaign will
al TO preach the word OF God as reveall
Of to me as messenger OF his holy COY
Iy nant and toestablish another fabernac c
~ for the worship Of God according to II
II Christian Catholic faith OF Zion, III
II only true and authentic revelation q
o his divine will.
Il truly believe that the divine bless
ing VIII rest upon my efforts and tha
/ the church universal VIII triumph owe
!. sin and the devil. / shall preach thl
4 gospel Of Christ an opening for saliva
4 tion for all who repent Of their sins
, leave all to follow him. trust and obey
: our Lord Jesus Christ and receive hi.
:. word as spoken by me, as Elijah and
messenger Of the covenant
; Il ask the prayers OF every man and
] woman in New York that this may be
accomplished" fAYH
"Will the members OF the host
{ preachl What win they say when
{ they visit the. peopleT',
! Some viii preach and pray, but the
host are instructed not to enter into
$ any religious argument with any one
e No person ever was converted to any
b thing by wrangling The host will
a simply call at the doors, extend the
s message Of Christ and place in the
hands Of some member Of the family q
. card Of greeting which we have print
n ed
e "An invitation will be extended tC
8 each to come to our meetings Further
: than that the host win do nothing ex
e cept when opportunity offers to aid
some sufferer or pray with the sick. Il
| requested so to do. They viii ash
{ nothing and receive nothing"
I / asked Dowie regarding his title
a Elijah the Restorer, and this is what he
3 told me;
e ... "The name Is not a title; it is reality
J. I firmly believe, in common with tens
{. Of thousands Of my followers. that ]
have been sent by God in the spirit and
J. the power Of Elijah as the third and
S last manifestation Of that prophet"
s Cali For short skirts.