Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-24

Zion City is justly proud of her lace fac
tory, but 1t is not the only successful en-
terprise of which she can boast
Successful Enterprises.
There is a candy factory which turns on.
delicious CONNECTIONS. and It's fame is rap
Idly spreading throughout the west. A
large bakery is in successful operation. and
1t is expected that a new health food will
be put on the market in the near future.
A laundry, a lumber yard, a brick yard
a printing and publishing house and va
| rious other departments minister to lions
| wants and give employment to her people
The Zion general stores occupy a promi-
nent place on the main street. and seem
fitted to supply every need of the inhab-
itants, from cooking utensils to literature
Tor the faithful"
Elijah Hospice. an immense frame hotel
is advertised as modern in every respect
and capable of accommodating a thou
sand guests at a meal, and the administra-
| ton building contains commodous offices,
with comfortable and convenient furnish
ings
A substantial brick and stone building is
observed. and neatly uniformed guard
readily gives the Information that 1t is Zion
| College, and that 1t will soon be ready for
| occupation. The present building Is only
| a wing to which large central portion
| and another wing are to be added in the
| future.
Further inquiry ELECTS the information
| from kindergarten to college, Is being
worked out by the educational department.
| Activity and Thrift.
| The general appearance of Zion is one Of
| activity and substantial thrift. Everything
| is aggressively new. The peculiar charac-
| ter Of the people IS made evident in numer-
| Gus ways For instance. the visitor notices,
with little start. perhaps. the motto, It'll
| He Come" over the ticket window in the
station which the Northwestern railroad
has provided; signboardS, conspicuous on
every hand, warn all against the use of to-
| bacco. alcohol or profanity within the
sacred precincts; the long boards which
| many of the men wear, In accordance with
Dowie's command. give them a somewhat
patriarchal look, in contrast with the many
| smooth-shaven faces among the unregen-
crate; the Salutation, Peace be to thee -
sounds strange to twentieth century ears;
| and walking along Emmaus and Elm ave-
| nues. one wonders If Chicago is really only
| forty miles away.
| On entering the tabernacle the visitor re-
| allies even more fully that he is in a COM
| .munity set apart from the world, where the
| working of miraculous cures is an everyday
| affair. On the white wall, above the pulpit,
| are various queer-looking objects arranged
| in symmetrical groups. Closer examination
| reveals the fact that the groups are COM
posed of articles discarded by converts to
| the new faith. Clutches, canes, surgical ap-
| pliances and medicine bottles abound here
| is a collection of pipes that would delight
| the heart of a sophomore there are brightly
Colored insignia of various secret societies
| Gor Dowie is the inveterate enemy of all
| SUCH: and above hangs a most important
trophy-a Catholic rosary and cross.
| 1t would take long to enumerate all of
these unusual ecclesiastical decorations No
doubt they serve as an impressive object
lesson to this congregation of believers in
divine healing"
The To- poc1o
| The tabernacle is an immense, barn-like
| structure. capable of seating seven thou
| sand. 1t is to be replaced by a more SUBJ
| stantial building. now in the process Of
| construction. a site has also been selected
-, and consecrated wherein Dowie promises
to erect a million-dollar temple as center
| around which Zion will revolve
| One perfect day last July l stood amid
| thrcng ofs thousands, under the trees of
| Shiloh Park. and watched the passing of
| the procession in honor of the breaking of
| ground for the new tabernacle. An annual
| feast of tabernacles is one of the insti-
| tutions of Zion, and from far and near her
| adherents had gathered to attend the vari-
| Gus services and ceremonies of the feast"
| First in the procession came the Restora-
| ton Host, lions Seventies Of the 'Ie-
| gion OF North America" gay with lions
| colors-yellow. blue and white-and bearing
| aloft upon their banners the white dove
| and other emblems of their faith. Twelve
| seventies passed and then came the IA
| nous "white-robed choir'-four hundred
men, women and children After these
| came the officers of the church, looking like
| students. in their black caps and gowns
| The deacons and deaconesses passed and
| then came others of higher rank the tas-
| sells on whose caps were blue instead of
| black. Then the gowns changed to silk and
| the blue tassels to white. and at last walk
| ing alone. cap in hand DISTINGUISHED by
the white bishop sleeves and the purple lin
| ing of his gown which a passing breeze
| displayed. came Elijah, the Restorer" the
| Rev. John Alexander Dowie, general over
| seer Of the Christian Catholic Church in
| Zion. He was smiling and bowling right
| and left, rotund. alert and virile, the rev.
| erent look of his high, bald forehead and
long white beard somewhat contradicted by
] a pair Of the keensst, shrewdest eyes that