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Show DOWIEITES TO BE LEPT TO FHTE BY VOUVfi, WHO WILL TOKfi ANEW ZION ------ ' ' ; CHICAGO, Dec. 3. -Zion City' is to be abandoned, aaya the Chroniele today. The "restoration host,", which was built up by John Alexander Dowie after af-ter years of strenuous effort. 'will shortly short-ly be left to its creditors by Overseer Wilbur Glenn Voliva, who, like a new Moses, will lead his people forth from the discredited gates to found anotBer Zion.- . . . Announcement of the approaching hegira was made yesterday by Overseer Voliva before an audience of more than 1000 persons in the Zion church at Six- . 1 , teenth street aad Michigan avenue. It was marked by his assumption of "divine "di-vine authority" at the same time he outlined his plans for a new city, to be conducted along Socialistic lines, with himself as supreme spiritual and temporal tem-poral head. Coupled with the announcement announce-ment of his plana were vehement de- -nunciations or nnworthy members ef the church whom, he declared, were responsible re-sponsible for its fall. The new Zion, into which no unworthy un-worthy member shall be allowed to enter, en-ter, will form the nucleus of a most energetic en-ergetic crusade against the wickedness of the world, and Chicago in particular. 'Antoeratic socialism is to be the- government gov-ernment of the new community. No more debts, no more house rent, no more holding of land or property by individuals,- but a sublime condition of brotherly love and primitive Christianity Christian-ity is to prevail. At the same time Voliva is to oe supreme. The nucleus of the new Zion is to consist of ten" ' chosen families which will be selected by Voliva. These families fami-lies will be ehoseii for ' their' implicit faith, in the 'guidance of ' the new grophet and their preparedness to saeri-ce saeri-ce all at his "bidding. , As to the location of the new Zion Voliva was silent, contenting himself with the declaration ' that he would have several .announcements to make within two weeks. In preparation, however, of the crusade which he proposes pro-poses to start in Chicago, he stated that to a certain extent headquarters would be located in the "great devil's kingdom," king-dom," as he termed ibis city, |