The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-05-03
DOWIE RAVES AT FOE.
FIRST Apostle Scores Voliva in
Zion Tabernacle.

Clad in his new and costly
robes as the first apostle and
with an effort to present all the
pomp and ceremony of his church
as it existed in the heyday of his
supremacy, John Alexander
Dowie Sunday began his fight to
regain control of his church by
depouncing Wilbur Glenn Voliva
at the meeting in the tabernacle
under the order of the Lake coun-
ty courts with something of the
fire and spirit which characteriz-
ed him in the Gays of the found
ing of Zion City.
Two meetings were held by
Dowie, the first in the morning
with about 200 of his followers
and another in the afternoon be-
fore an audience of nearly 1,10O
persons, made up of the most
part of curiosity seekers who
flocked to Zion City to witness
the opening of the struggle be-
tween its founder and Voliva, the
new leader, for control of the
church OF, Zion.
Although the size of the after
noon meeting was larger than
predicted by the followers OF
Dowie, it was soon evident that
the spectators were merely on
lockers and that the appeals OF
Dowie had little or no effect upon
the adherents of Voliva in at
tendance. After the first few
minutes of the meeting, in which
Dowie denounced Voliva and his
followers in his customary fash
ion, sparing no invective, the au-
dience apparently tired.
Dowie's address was interrupt
ed several times by the confusion
caused by the constant depart
ures of persons from the hall
Taking courage at the temporary
embarrassment of Dowie front
that cause, many in the audience
interrupted the speaker by asking
him questions and expressing
their loyalty to Voliva in loud
tones.
Dowie, however, was equal to
the occasion and Inundated sew
eral of his interrupters by sing
ling them out and denouncine
them One man who declared
in a loud voice that he wanted to
get rid of the property he had
bought was instantly called to
book.
Come to me tomorrow,
shouted Dowie, "and | will buy
back your mortgage at exactly
the same price you paid for it.
/ don't want such dogs as you in
Zion City. | will buy back your
mortgage, but I don't say that ]
wifi do it fot ALL" he said hastily
In accordance with the plans
adopted by Voliva the meetings
of Dowie were ignored by the ad
herents of the new regime, who
appeared in full force at the open
air meeting held by Voliva ir
front of the college. Here. with
all the deacons and other officers
standing near him, Voliva unfold
ed his ideas for the new Zion
The Zion Citysband and the choir
entertained the audience of $500
that packed close to the stand
erected for the use of Voliva
This assemblage, although it hae
many visitors from Chicago an6
surrounding cities in it, was com
posed mostly of seceders who
cheered every utterance of theil
leader.
The expected rush to Dowie'.
standard as predicted by the frs
apostles lieutenants did not ma
terialize. The geo faithful who
went to the early morning ser
vice and later to the one held il
the afternoon did their best t.
cheer up their leader, but no dem
onstration of affection such a.
was predicted occurred. Dowie''
meetings were simply ignored b,
Voliva, who made special effort
to show by the size and enthusi
asu of his rival gatherings tha
the sentiment against Dowie wa
irrevocable.