Show I Ji The Discredited Prophet of Zion City I A b Ab His Prophecies Unfulfilled His Ilis Teaching Barren of I ii Results He Is 15 Held a Fakir by His Own Disciples I f fI at MONO MONI nil all it the th o i I t kL i t healer end and protested dEiters q tit in the th who have huc i I A made their appearance cm on this qi b round rOll lid world ot oC t ours our during th the pa past palt t q 1 hult century John Alexander fowl Is I In many ih 1 h hi most mORI remarkable cI y Perhaps the mOM ino most t I astounding feature 1 In i connection U t lilt his I a and anil his hie hI 4 alleged I Is Ii hU tala courageous as assumption ast t of the ihs of ot the prophet r Elijah This Thill It styled anti and entirely modern I Elijah luis never ned the lilb I i CB of ot the of nf nfL L name The Th final supernatural IIII F I III of ot t ancient Buggers no difficulty to 10 t the te be believing b bI I i lieving Apparatus Of John Juhn Dow Dowie Is faith ous wr fat far jt ha er I r yielding r n th tir t kt l reincarnation of ot the Hie man mait who Iho wa wu ns i Ivi caught up tip to heaven to Lo beheaded John Johll JohnI I the John Alexander modestly appropriates the distinction of ot that kind klud to 10 hl hiM own on particular uses It Is t tin un audacious position posit Ion for a 1 Wi 9 twentieth century mortal to Milum t t 1 h but blit Howie Dowles s Rith LIlith In himself 1 lii II so in int clo t sat Eol and no eo o childlike that he seems seem to have han experienced no In ac IlC accepting c It It Is In not quite so ei easy ell per perI I ie i hap to tn account for tho of ot those who ho wore wOrp p persuaded r ID tn t take Inke him T for what cint he to be he but hul re fe recent i cent events have hae shown that there Vi must have been considerable M I reservation that hi follower f did dl 1 nit dispute his hi claim as R a long ax as i 1 t things wore pre equal It wan wu ony when h II I 1 r tho the temporalities began beRAn to that L tho tim spiritual Influence nce of ot the tit prophet prophett l lol t jt of ol Zion City ell sho v d n O ot An As quickly illicitly as AH it II WIH made mk evident th t if tas Il a a all fallible I 14 4 4 41 men mell In commercial mutter matters the th Elijah i i HI Ut proposition full t J to the of It Its own weight to 10 Thomas pro prophecy prot t pI lc not Hot poetry la Is the tho thing wanted I I In these thesa dun days ays ft It la Is not jt likely like that I IJohn John Alexander DwI found his hi In 1 to 10 In the prophet li business In the ardnIe Scotchmans IJ c dictum but the fuel fact t ct U Is I apparent that his hl to 10 th the American jP k world orb with a Drat clap article artick of ot this P L t greatly needed article has hu resulted re In a H ati ti tremendous failure lallur A bankrupt It ft et has hes hll IMS opportunity and ls Is of less lessi i riL I Importance In America than a dis die discredited 5 credited prophet When he become 1 tt financially done donI for tor the public be becom j P com cornea romu 3 skeptical sJ as IU to lit hi hla prophetic j power That In Is l what has hili hapP uel to W Wi i John Alexander Dole Dowle II t 1 Tho Tim American an public baa lias been rather t Gi patient with Mr Ir r Dowle Dowie Thirteen t years OBO O he landed andi on f sm res I I 1 Ic c I Ill V I k 1 I I I R 4 c cI I I I i I I I i X 1 I Bk I Joc JocA A wW I I JF i At ILl i r J Jt I I I 4 1 I t tI l r i p V 3 j jc c 7 IMf I d I L l IN J 1 I II I to 10 launch a scheme MIM Willi PO et o foreign n and aind HO rio In Us 1111 i that the lh ay goIng and fun loving American people I put PUI nn rio Ic In iris IB v ty beyond the good natured which It I ab all absolutely b I to 10 the proper Mint start of It any religious novelty no HP lie HUB given his liln hl opportunity but bul ho lie nde a HOI sorry ony ry men of nt It Il From the Iho hit hili t wi wu and and can I nry theory th ory that he ha has I ed nan has come to naught One OM of ot hi his h roost mo t Insistent doctrines I has bf bean on that all It 11 mortal la is a Il of or the th pr ENe of tIC a n per perI I and arut that hut I U l I sin aln to permit M Jt 1 B tl iJ H T J fi J J 1 f l i l i I d I 1 X J t tl a lt v 4 R fl J J I Ik j jY l 1 j Y l t r k 11 WR f V 1 iM I Il o LJ H I i I fi f i iPp fiL Pp t that evil to remain So he ho h adopted the practice of ot tiring Ilsa 11 I by out It IL mn wn nut not an I absolutely new nou oven eV J In e Io hera he begun begat hi IiI ministry ani soon built up It 11 an exceedingly lu lit 0 PH as I a It devil doctor occIL Ie with the tho llonel and anti the tha th t und tind physicians lh Jonn John was Cue wasa a great grent success ns ni a 11 It was lIS the tho foundation oC ot hU hi li subsequent great ness rices and to 10 Inspire In him with the confidence In hh hl it o own n powers which led to further expansIon Then he lie was as delivered of nt a n series serka of nf revelation most of oC them of ot n a personal perona and rind tu to the am un ot of his cult He Ito set act forth that tha t he was on euth for tr the express purpose of or founding u a now nol rio church chulch nit nil others being failures nun lie He admitted that ho hn vari divinely In Inspired InspIred antI and that thai ho ii could work vork miracles If ir he chose Time The t and chief duty of ot tho Ihn tim he taught was Willi to dell clwell together hiM protecting arm and nn City WitH was the result lie He promised pr that thit hIs bin C Catholic should dominate the th earth and Heed speed speedIly My Ily 11 i Is scheme contemplated cl the tho of ot Palestine tho building of ot pew nl cities and 1111 the Iho speedy shin flin of to II th neu faith To the tho end 1111 that thaI there them might ht ho he no confusion ll he h that Ihal ho hn would the scheme for tor time tile worlds Iris hlA own on bink at It Zion City and he ire constituted elf time tho trustee sole Bole and amine unac unaccountable countable The Time mimel malel Is thit there was n a 1 time limo not long ago seemed to lie ho built on onn ona ona a n more moore or less lees secure foundation Hn Sn HnIt HoIt SnIt It appealed at al lt ast to 10 the deluded thousands who ho them and rind their theil lon from the outer world and took tonIc refuge within the one man power lor haven ul at City Even Iven tire the mocking outside world nn I ns un tin unprepared prepared pre In red 10 to learn Itam ono 1110 day da that Ihal the prophet rel reign n wee was river over What Whal It Il did dl l know knol was as that John Alexander Howle was wall va denounced ed bitterly by hy many nail of o his follower and Ind that thit many mal of ot them worn sern ready rend to tn Ii repudiate hl hits alleged divine communion commission loll There conic n a 1 day when hen he ire un was ridiculed and derided na ns n It In III the streets of lit the tho he Zion lomm which ho lie had built hullt HIli financial Integrity shattered and hi hl Iris chinch church Willi riven by hv opposing The Tho healing power which ho hi h had ln Invoked od In the th ease cano of ot other others did not respond to his hili personal need lit ill In spite of ot his positive as ns assertion section that h hI he must ever eer be bo Immune from front disease harassed by debt his hili drafts In the very cr bank of ot which ho was the sole role head heid Ills his domestic relations reIn lions 1 hl hk f ri rl rif r macy disputed this Ihl r Elijah I is a L spectacle la to excite ex i of ot the world Tim The hl first teen yom yera e r of ar arof f th II 11 of ot this Ihl remarkable man luau manIn wm lO lOIn In Edinburgh he lie I 11 nd mid rugged rf rot tV II II die class Scotsman t parents removed to III Adelaide t c and Iho boy was las ag put pu im tnt a grocery store In yent etl h i t isa sa ed money enough to 10 n Si Su land nod and complete his education 1 Ing In I ii g the Intention I I oh of ot ii it i rig himself lii mu V hr the tho U At 1 thIs time hum his ills r c h I doxy dory dox wits was unassailable lie Ho wai wa a II agent n i iten gent ten I student of ot time the ne Interpreted 1 by hy the time authorised K hn church teachers and a a II with the doctrine of a It per pel devil dovil which hu ho never lute lias I i limit Hut ho he did abandon most nf nr if it Ir t e r On his retain to AH ACI tm a he ho took charge of ot a It chinch ne nemie 8 R RIll Hey Ill mie A natural orator and t I I with the tho zeal of nt a ii mann man with Ith a n r t rhe fhe the he II took 1001 a it 1 hand band In I ii pol I t it anil l 0 for thin tho I imie y His hIM speeches ond in ft f r I tutu Iulo were HO SI 5 much In I n If M that they the were put mit In pamphlet l for tor distribution The thelie 1 I ho lie seemed to o work a aIn t tIn In him hum He lie begun to ft rl i of ot orthodoxy This v ii 1 i test fest both bot hi In 1111 sermons an it iii 1 i m dally life lite One day ho tie linn u ar Jr arbin his bin amazed congregation thai 11 II i t j convinced that thul It II was i i m teaching of ot the utile for tor a II mm 0 accept PItY puy for tor his h II services set vices About Aboul that thal time Ihno he lie M rr that divine d iv Inc h heal I rig wui Ili si III j I p i md and that thaI he lie va nH chosen Ihl tn e t pei JI 11 m the tho duty dimly of ot the tilt laying on omm of ot han hall i went vent to 10 Melbourne and soon I t the tho leader of fit a n new nell faith He Ito 1 i it i t t C rout to na I Divine 1 I rio I I trig u mt i atari and rondo mado ma o himself UK Its III Ii ii went ent to London on a It un Hn rt tore line but hilt did not advance his hili rj r II e s 11 that direction Then rhen hn ho i ever fund were available and i t America landing In Sun Smut i iwas was tim tho year of ot tho the World orl f Chicago mid nil a t advantage of ot the time occasion 11 II t I t i there and 1111 built it 14 1 eh i ithe time the entrance to the fair air and h b n advertise IId as RH n 1 divine hi hc Fur That was ns the begin Ine ing In of ot i 1 ithe it the thA t he most tV ida reach trig maid and lIeI u ti religious rut Impositions Ira tie us that hint I ay their career creer In Iii a uni u 4 i most Incongruous f C r ro tenor fervor self licIt Interest mc an mi I f s H n ARt Ur nf |