The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-08-25

half a dozen real estate offices. extern
sive lace factories and ore Of the larg-
est candy factories in the west. But by
far the most profitable part Of the
business. is the bringing Of the tithes
into the s~torehouse. and Dowie has u
tenth legion which never fails him. To
remind his followers Of this duty. i'm
posed by the Mosaic law and many
times revived. the general orerscer has
placed large blue and white granite
signs in the trees and on III lamp
posts of this earthly Zion. bearing such
INSCRIPTIONS as.
will a man rob God? Yet ye
have robbed me. Ye have robbed
me in tithes and offerings
Bring ye all the tithes into the
s~torehous.. that there may be meat
In my house. and prove me now
herewith saith the Lord of Hosts"
Render unto Caesar the things
which are Caesars and unto God
the things which are Gods"
Such are the methods OF John Alex
ander Dowie. They nave been the
methods of other men OF his kind. who
have started new religions.
Until | met the general ovcrsecr OF
Zion City, | supposed the original
humbug had lived long ago but all are
back numbers. an must feel a%ntiQuat-
ed and absolutely useless beside this
modern man. who manage to amass
millions of dollars earned by hard work
and thrift and self denial, and given to
carr out the wild dreams of such men
as Alexander Dowie.
Chicago thinks this financial genius
a good business Zion City believes
him to be the reincarnation of Elijah
and a proph'. but the world must con-
tinue to believe him a fortunate freak.
AT least his was the impression of the
NO n ,Nr MAN ,thn liza va l,a,n D61a
to get within a stones throw of him,
to make Il study of his character.
There is in the nature OF man, or In
the circumstances in which he is con-
ditiom"d. something which leads him TO
recognize and worship q superior being.
There is also something which leads
him Ia seek "A mediator between him
self and that Being. Greedy schemers
maSquorading is prophets OF inspired
teachers find 1t easy 10 take millions Of
dollars from people. by Offering them a
new or more comfortable religion. 1t
being tbs nature of man to worship,
and to want n mediator. or an attorney
between the infinite below and the in
finite above. John Alexander DoWis has
succeeded.
What this something" is In man
which compcls him to sacrifice his
| means To a man like Dowie. whether it
be a deduction of reason, the effect OF
cause of snlfisb homes which they have
for tho be,Ior,nant OF tnei,, n,rthjv con-
djtion ranno, no sta,pl
In view ar his pronnrsi,v or b,,n,ar
nature, philosophers, in seeking a
name for man. have designated him as
a religious animal" ready always to
bend their knees before the altar, to
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