Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-12
DOWIE DEPOSED
overseer voliva Prepares Plan to Sep
arate Zion City Affairs From Zion
Church Affairs, and Is Approved by
the People.

the People.
Chicago, March 12.-Departure from
the policy of John Alexander Dowie
which will be inaugurated in Zion City
by the reform management, were out
lined yesterday afternoon in Zion Cen
trail tabernacle, 1925 Michigan avenue
1 by the new deputy general overseer
| Wilbur Glen Volva
AS the vital feature in the reforms
the Dowieites have decided definitely
to separate church and state. DR.
Dowie will be permitted to be Elijah
| III. and the first apostle to his hearts
content, but not general overseer of
the cash box.
Before some 1900 Chicago members
| of the church, the vigorous, young and
| up-t -date leader told his flock what
he believes is the matter with the Dow
lie community He spoke reverentially
of Dowie as the divine founder of the
church, but condemned the adminis-
| trative abuses which flourished under
his government. He left no doubt in
| the minds of his hearers that Dowie
has been deposed permanently.
! Outline Of Voliva's Program.
| Among the principal reforms which
| Overseer Voliva promised to institute
are the following:
Abolish female labor in the lace fac
tory and other shops.
Establish an agricultural community
in connection with Zion City.
Give the Zion industries a working
capital.
Expel unworthy officers of the
church.
Treat newspaper representatives
with courtesy.
Inculcate the liberation of other re-
ligious creeds.
Eliminate expensive dress and lux
urious habits hitherto INDUCED in by
the head of the community.
Reform the church music.
Relegate to the past all sensational
and emotional religion.
Face Difficult Task.
The Dowieites appear to be having
almost as much trouble separating the
church from the state as the French
government is experiencing. For ex-
ample, it is not clear whether voliva
is the new general owerseer or only
temporarily endowed with that title.
IF there is an overseer in this
church, exclaimed Voliva. "who does
not measure up ito the standard of an
overssaer, he will be a curse to the
church,
Then wheeling toward the overseers
who sat in a row behind him on the
rostr,ln he said in an undertone:
Concerning the general overseer,
We'll fix that up at the proper time
Those within hearing wondered
whether he meant Dowie or himself
But that Dowie is deposed, though still
revered. appeared evident.
Likens Dowie to Moses.
Moses led the children of Israel out
of Egypt said voliva, "and afterward,
for good reason, the Lord set
Moses aside. But did that prove
that Moses was not selected to
lead Israel out of Egypt?'
mo, no." came the answer from the
congregation.
"Of course not" rejoined Voliva.
''rhat's right: do some thinking-read
between the lines"
"John Alexander Dowie's conception
of Zion was divine conception de-
claned the preacher, and then little
later: cit is easy to say that mistakes
have been made. Any man that
amounts to anything makes mistakes,
and man who never makes mistakes
never makes anything"
Tremendous applause greeted this
synonsis of DoU1sa;S work and the
speaker then passed on to a general
criticism of the conditions he found in
Zion City.