The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-10
Gently DepOsed Head of Zion
ist Church Unexpectedly
Passes Away.
l.SD OF SPECTACULAR AND
truly WONDERFUL CAREER
7hiIe in Height of His Power
Controlled Property Valued
at $25, 900, 900.

SJcHICAGO. March John Alexander
,huie died at 7:40 this morning at
siIoh house, Zion City There were
-;esepf with him when he died only
Essdge D. n Barnes and two personal
|n tendanJs II had been his custom all
Thinner and winter To hold religious
.n,trIor of Shiloh house About $50 Of
| a original followers remained faithful
Id attended these services. Dowie al
AVS wore his apostolic robes and made
characteristic address. Five weeks
iso these meetings ceased and Dowie
Speared no longer in public. The Sun
n meetings. however, were still held
|.y his adherents.
| JSince that time Dowie had been grad
/ .sly failing. Friday afternoon. how
Ls}er there were no indications Of ap-
| .roaching death. He received a few
Mowers and prayed for some people.
| ime ss for the last two or three
| eeks. One of the attendants remained
|aifh him until midnight and was re-
| bved bv the other attendant. Shortly
I1efore ! clock this morning Dowie
8came delrious and his talk was the
|rtme as at a religious meeting In the
! svs Of his prime. He denounced peo-
lk with the old-time vigor, ordered the
rRrds TO throw out disturbers and
eted Just as he had on so many pre-
| Gus occasions He gradually became
baker and the attendant telephoned
| or Judge Barnes, who reached Shiloh
0nse al I a. m. Forty minutes later
pwie was dead.
| Death Was Unexpected.
No arrangements have yet been made
. Dr. the funeral The death of Dowie
ps unexpected. A large number Of
ollowers aud others gathered at Shiloh
.ouse to pay their respects.
Mrs. Dowie, Judge Dowie, the proph-
It's father, and his son. who are at Ben
| IeDhui, Mich, have been notified and
re expected at Zion City today.
. Nudge Barnes. who was at the bed
ide of Dowie. is member of Voliva g
ouncll. but remained friendly TO DowIe,
| elievlng him to he insane and not re-
ponsible for his actions. Dowie S wife,
.tther and son held the same view, and
is therefore believed, though they
(ere, .estranged, that they Will attend
he funeral
John Alexander Dowie was born in
Hinburgh Scotland. May %, lS47. In
sb0 his parents removed to Adelaide
tustralia, where for seven years the
puth was a clerk in a business house.
fere Dowie developed the commercial
nstinct that served him so we'll in later
ne He saved enough money during
ls period to return TO Edinburgh at
F. age OF 90 to take a five years
,sYrrss In theology and the arts. He
! ,Egue master Of Greek and Hebrew
.,|ESnltiyated literary taste that re.
|$Red IN after years in library Of
ppoU volumes, with which he was
thoroughly familiar
Forsook His Church.
Six years of denominational activity
searied Dowie, who longed for a wider
+ield OF operations. He forsook his
nurch and in 1878 went to Melbourne,
mere he set up free Christian taber-
lscle, the first of its kind. and organ
zeo diyinee healing association which
IIterward became international in
+innracter. He became president of this
tssoclatlon, and then gained fame by
oing out INTO the country during the
prevalence of putrid fever and appar-
MY effecting many cures by prayer
na the laying on Of hands.
AFTER ten years in Melbourne Dowie
ltcided to remove to England, where
association had a number of
gfdnches, but the fates took him across
ne Pacific and his announced intention
L making Great Britain world head
9uarters Was never carried out.
Asked God for Money.
,odsowie Dowie landed in San Francisco in
tocs, needing money He needed $3.50
4nd had just told his wife he had
asked God for it,' he said, when n
nan he had not seen IN months came
TSpng and put the amount in his hands.
tndt was the starting point in his
WTynaerrul money getting career IN the
estSrn world. Two years of wander
ing along the California coast followed
%ts son Alexander John Gladstone
LOWE and his daughter, Esther, ar
eu IN chicago, which was to be the
tneater OF his great work.
Duilng the next live years Dowie was
aiissted at least hundred times for
taoiauon OF the city ordinances relating
the care Of the sick, but tbe more
ouole that was made for him the
nore ne prospered. Branch churc hes
sle established in other cities, large
%;;Rtal lot the healing Of the sick was
IN NJ, avn an Ghleago,, printing plant put
Started, ''"N was d'so
| ne christian Catholic church in Zion
.y, Inc outgrowth of the original In.
tssnatlonal @ Divine Healing association
1eoSo formally organized in February
fSso, Dowie becoming general overseer
our years afterward Dowie, before a
-Sige audience in the Auditorium the
Psa, announced that he was Elijah Tho
bhestorcr, This assumption of a BibIi
"a personality created even more OF Z
snastlon among his followers than any
fV!S worldly successes OF the "Proph
| rX
Ia How He Built Zion City.
ITsvlous to this Dowie had marked
iuv pn us plans. for Zion City, the crown
%s enort of his life. Six Thousand
49, Ao,es OF land were purchased and il
erssiaJ' l9oi, the first building wa
f6se.ed 6atsr IN Zion City, which a yea
'a'er fa had population Of 10000.
. rrhn Zion City, Dowie was supreme
M sl.le OF tho 5000 acres. bought will
e-r money. OF the sect, rested In him