The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-29
DOWIE
HOME IN ZION
Greeted at Shiloh House by
His Wife, Who Has Desert
ed 0VerSeer VoliVa.
LATTER HOLDS A MEETING
DoWIE FAMILY DENOUNCED AS
CRIMINALS.

/ Chicago. April 2S.-'I am glad to
/ be home again" With these words on
his lips, John Alexander Dowie, the de-
I posed leader Of the Christian Catholic
Church in America. this afternoon
stepped within the portals Of Shiloh
house, thus completing his much-her-
aided entry into Zion City after an alb
sence of several months, during which
time he had been deserted by a large
part of his followers and had been
stripped of all ecclesiastical authority.
Mrs Dowie, the wife of the first apos-
tie" met him at the door of Shiloh
| house and gave him hearty well
come.
Few Greeted Him.
Dowie's return to Zion City was void
of all pOmp and ceremony. Only a
handful of people were at the station
TO greet him, and the majority of these
were women. Dowie left the Audi
tOrium Annex, where he had been
stopping since his return from Mexico
shortly after l o'clock. He was driven
to the Northwestern station, where a
private car had been attached to the
regular 2 o'clock train on that road
He was accompanied by several of his
personal attendants. The train bear
ing Dowie and his party arrived at
Zion City at 3:45 p. m. About seventy
| i've people, the majority of whom were
women, were gathered at the station
to meet the first apostle" As DOwie
alighted from the train he was greeted
by shouts of Peace to thee!' He
responded with the customary Peace
to thee multiplied" Rain, which had
been threatening for some time. then
! began to fall, and the crowd with one
accord began to sing Showers Of
Blessing"
Made Short Speech.
Under the shelter of an umbrella
held by one of his attendants Dowie
made his way to a carriage which was
waiting for him. Upon reaching the
door of the carriage, he turned, and,
facing the assembled people, made q
desire to thank you for your kind greet
ing" said he 1T is not fitting that I
should speak at length at this time.
regret that the afternoon is so show
cry. l shall hope TO meet you all at
our morning sacrifice meeting for
praise and prayer and $50 O'Clock and
again in the afternoon at o'clock"
Dowie then quoted a stanza from the
hymn II Stand on lions Mount"
Then, uplifting his hands. he cried:
Stand firm, then, rock of my saliva
tom Il have done nothing since
saw your faces" he continued, of
which to be ashamed. Not one of the
accusations made against me is true.
not one. God bless you. Now I bid
you goodbye. Peace to thee
He then entered his carriage and
was driven TO Shiloh house.
VoIiva Denounces the Dowies.
Wilbur Glenn Voliva and his follow
ers held a meeting in the tabernacle
tonight, the auditorium being about
two-thirds full In an address Voliva
not only denounced DOwie, but Mrs.
DOwie as well. He said:
Il do not propose to permit any sin
ner in this movement to escape. Do
not think that DOwie is the only one
to be called to account. The next one
will be Mrs. Jane DOwie. If she thinks
she is going to stand before this peO-
pie without cOnfessing her sins, she is
greatly mistaken. In some respects she
is as great a sinner as DOwie She is
on his side tonight and always has
been. The lust in her heart for power
is as great as in his. I saw the whole
DOwie family must be swept off the
earth
This statement was roudly applauded.
Branded as Criminals.
Continuing, Voliva said: For years
that family has sucked the blood out
Of this people, to satisfy their lust for
fine clothes and to make a showing
They have made no confession and no
attempt TO repent, but they still at
tempt TO bluff you. If Dowie is not
insane, the other word to brand him
with is the word criminal
Voliva will use the college building
as the place of worship tomorrow,
while Dowie holds forth in the taber- /
nacle, it being the first apostles turn
to use that building, in accordance with !
the order of the court allowing the
opposing factions the use of the big
meeting house on alternate days
FORGERY INDICTMENTS.
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