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Show OJ-.'HO.SfeXaAV. . -tEfiBTS 'C? IE r-fiSTCullL to Zion and take up the burden of an oppressed people.' a voice aaid to roe. ram here and will bring you out of all your dificultiea If you will truat in me." . "We will," shouted more than S00 ?eopla with vim that formerly greeted he utterances of John Alexander Dowie. . Parbam'a moat important convert ia A. F. Lee, who reaigned during the day hia position as s-eneral eeclesi-aatieal eeclesi-aatieal aecretary of the church. W. H. Peckham, who was manager of the Zion City bank until two weeks ago, ia another, and George A. Eogera, manager man-ager of Elijah Hospice, ia another. CHICAGO, Septw 25. A new leader has arisen in Zion City. He is Charles F. Parham, aa evangelist of the Apostolic Apos-tolic faith, a sect that haa 6000 followers, fol-lowers, chiefly in Kansas and California. Cali-fornia. Ia a single week he haa attracted at-tracted several hundred followers, and last night General Overseer Voliva held a special meeting of officer of the church to see if some prompt and effective measures could not be taken against the proaelvter. His converts include in-clude some of the prominent elders. ''You must chooae either me or this intruder who has stolea into our church," said' Voliva at the meeting at Zion college. "You cannot serve two leaders. This man is winning some of our most faithful people from their allegiance at a critical lima. The only thing that will enable us to weather the ? resent storm ia unity. I fear that bis unity ia threatened." Meanwhile Parham was holding an enthusiastic meeting at the residence of John Clark not more than a block away from the college. The house waa crowded crowd-ed and the congregation covered the lawn. "I have come to save the people of Zion from the selfishness and bigotry of their leaders," aaid the evangelist. "Four months ago I saw Zion in a vision and the trouble of .it people were made clear to me. 4 Arise and go |