Show ELIJAH DOWIE EXACTS OATH FROM FOLLOWERS Expert Workmen Employed at Zion Jump Their I II I Jobs Rath Rather r Than Become Converts 4 4 1 DOWIE EXACTS FROM FOLLOWERS 4 rt 44 4 4 I IO O vow In the name of 01 God my Father ather and of Jesus Christ his hit Son 4 4 and my 01 Savior Sa lor and of or the Holy Ghost who proceeds from the Father 44 4 4 and the Son that I will be a faithful member of Zion Restoration Host 4 4 organized at nt Shiloh tabernacle in Jn the City of or Zion on Lords Lord's day Sop Sell 4 4 21 21 1902 and I declare that I recognize e John Alexander Dowie Dowle 4 4 General Overseer Over of the Christian Catholic Church In Zion Aon of which I Iam 4 4 am a member In his threefold prophetic as the Messenger of oC the 4 4 Covenant the prophet foretold by tos 1 Noses s and Elijah tho Restorer 4 4 I promise to the fullest extent of all an my powers power tl to obey all ull rl rightful 4 awl and 4 4 orders Issued by him directly or by his properly appointed 4 to proceed to an any part parl of the world wherever where he hc 6 direct as a u 4 4 ber of or Zion Restoration Host and that all family tics ties and obligations 4 4 and all relations to all nil human government Jo shall be held subordinate to 4 4 this ow vow this declaration and anti this promise e. e 4 4 This I make In the presence of or God and of all aJl the visible and 1 invisible 4 h ble witnesses es CHICAGO Oct 7 Experienced mechanics me- me are leaving leavins Zion City In great haste They were ere presented 1 with the alternative alternative alternative tive of holding nJ their places and Joining tho the Christian Catholic church or of or orle I le leaving They declined to recognize I John Alexander Dowie Dowle as the reincarnated Elijah an anti and quietly prepared Coran for Cor foran foran an exodus Dowie Dowle It ills is understood will supplant them with members of his own Hock who have c been serving for over o overa ocra a year as apprentices As a u condition precedent to further employment each mechanic would woul have lu been cen required to sign the extraordinary or vow Such an act acl will place the new i recruit absolutely at nt the mere mercy of or Dow- Dow ie Ic He lIe would be unable to lo draw mw further pay unless the General Overseer O so o directed He lie would be be- placed on precisely precisely pre pre- pre pre- chel the same plane an as the members member who for tor six she weeks have been denied uny compensation for or th their lr loll toil and trouble The financial pinch Is Js cau causing Dowie great pain While he denied d the regular re regu regU- Ular U- U lar tar compensation to hl lila his followers ers for Cor forthe tho the third time In lu lon he promptly prompt prompt- ly met the claims of his employees who do not entertain his own religious views In the six weeks of or trial and tribulation Dowie Dovie has Invariably antis satis- fled these demands demand while the faithful were told to practice the virtue of or pa tience Dowies Dowie's affairs arc are said rap- rap Idly to be approaching a crisis It develops develops de de- de- de that only one strip of land In the vast domain over O which h he exercises a u arule arule rule Is IH free Cree of debt lebi All 11 the rest Is down h by 13 mortgages acs the aggregate aggregate ag aJ- ag- ag e ate value of oC which reaches 30 The rho papers securing this bl big loan were ere only onh recently tiled filed with the county aunt I authorities at Waukegan The rhe plight light of oC the householder In Zion City ml may be he best appreciated when U it UIs itIs Is Js understood that no follower ollo hits title to the lie land 11 He lie It Is simply the custodian of a year ninety lease which is nil 1111 should a foreclosure result rc Contracts with Dowle would be of no value should he hInd himself unable to meet an un interest In- In terest note nole Murmuring of oC discontent are aie becoming becom belom ing general Jeneral at Zion Sonic Some families are reported to be In want of th the lip necessaries necessaries ries rica of life lire Once the wint winter with Ith Its chill chili wind sets ts In suffering Is hi likely to tobe tobe tobe be general Dowie Dowle In meantime professes ses the mo most t unbounded confidence conil dence ence In iii himself lie He says nays that lila Ills trusty followers ers will reap well veli the fruits of or patience and obedience |