The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-04-12
TEXANS ENDORSE
FIRST APOSTLE
PREACHER SAYS DoWIE EAs
HOST OF FRIENDS.
HARSH WORDS FOR SPOUSE
Woman Declares Wife Of John Alex
ander Was Insanely and Unjustly
Jealous of Patient and For
bearing husband.

~near4ng husband.
San Antonio, Tex, April 9.Dr.
Dowie and his party left last night
shortly before eight O'Clock for st.
Louis. The train was delayed at San
Antonio and this was taken advantage
OF by the local Zionites who arranged
: for meeting at which DR.. Dowie was
TO speak. The meeting was secret in
its nature, for the Zionists feared if
the general public became aware that
the first apostle was 70 deliver an ad-
dress the hall would not hold the au-
dience who would come to hear him
As it was every seat in the local tenn
rs was filed fully an hour before the
Ns rable leader was to make his APP
ps-rance. Previous TO the coming of
LOWE L. c. Hall, pastor OF the local
Zionist church, maze a vigorous adj
dress in which he defended Dowie at
every point, Throughout his talk
calculations of "Amen and Yes" and
God be with thee were made by the
audience
Endorse First Apostle.
Preacher Hall made the statement
that every man, woman and child in
Texas who was connected with the
Zionist movement endorsed everything
inst the first apostle" had done, and
ieyed thoroughly in his innocence.
lie said:
Even If the first apostle has been
guilty of every one OF the charges
watch have been brought against him,
Voliya and his henchmen have acted
In an unchristianlike manner through
out the whole OF this trouble. From
out Of this great turmoil Zion will
arise regenerated and purified and 1
believes before my God that the first
apostle will be vindicated and cleared
Of these malicious and cruel charges.
II he is not then may God demolish
Zion. We are not people of peace. We
dght always for God and the right and
in this fight we will win"
A hymn was sung and then the au-
dience Joined in silent prayer that
strength might be given the First
Apostle" to overcome his enemies in
Zion.
Pray to Danish Devil.
When Dowie entered the hall the au.
dience arose and sang hymn of
praise. He walked down the center
aisle, bowling and uttering God be
with thee" For ten minutes Dowie
and the audience prayed together to
Danish the devil from Zion. Then
Dowie told his story to the expectant
people. His entire address was cen
tered about the subjects of polygamy
and the conduct of his wife. The au-
dience was with him in all that he
said, even when he bitterly disparaged
Mrs 'Dowie. A dramatic incident oc-
Cured after Dowie had been speaking
about 20 minutes, when Mrs. Emma
Rapp and her husband arose and faced
the apostle. The audience craned their
necks forward in tense expectation.
Have you anything to say, sister,"
said the venerable leader.
II lived in courthouse for number
of years." said the woman, "and I
want to tell these people here that
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a better Christian gentleman. want
to say also that when your every act
was one of kindness and consideration
to Mrs. Dowie, she made life unsuf-
ferable for him by her insane jealousy
and fiendish perversity. | often won
dered how you could be so kind under
the conditions that existed / make
this statement of my own free will be-
cause God has told me to speak"
Condemn Mrs. Dowie.
Then Deacon Lewis and Deacon Pc
tiers arose and spoke of the unwifely
conduct OF Mrs Dowie, which they
characterized as almost beyond human
endurance. Throughout all of this tes-
timony the audience sprinkled excla-
nations Of Amen" and Yes, yesP-
Dowie closed with an appropriate
peroration, in which he declared that
so long as breath remained in his body
he would fight for the rehabilitation
of Zion.
Il have not long to live" he con-
cluded, "but pray that God may spare
me just long enough to win this fight
Then l shall be willing to go to that
long sleep, knowing that shall be
eased TO the last by the Well done,
thou good and faithful servant which
will be uttered by all of my people.
for they will have seen the light and
learned that John Alexander, First
Apostle, was chosen by God to give
the word to Zion"
After the benediction the audience
filed past Dowie and shook his hand,
each reiterating an assurance of loyal
ty When Dowie returned TO his hotel,
the special correspondent of the Asso-
ciated Press presented him with the
following telegram which arrived when
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