| Show I 1 I I 1 LJ LJj f c j 1 n A II III n I I 4 i f FI iTE THE ZION LION CITY GITY THAT TT I LEXNER ALEXANDE WIE BUILT I Tito ro Ml Ml VISIt Il Noted r t a I virl tit I r c itt I ton i Zion City ity It Ill lii Aug A tug 3 h sister Iter in and I are 1 laboring In one II i ft t f the must mol historic little tItUe 1 that has baN eer er heel been b n founded by h man nin Zion Ann City It la 18 i situated 1 on nn the culm Ia I III beautiful shores hort of or o I lAke uke Michigan about II b III I II 41 Ko o It bus hi hll a II pou population lation nf of oOOO 00 people nt at Pl lIt It II ItIs Is b pasting through Its lt most critical i time Tho poI people here h IO are wafting no Ill ware war but a II bitter strife Many will readily remember the foil IK I n K of If this city by Dr John Alexander f anti his it motive In doing so Purchasing n a piece of lit It In lit 10 milt square be Iu be ban Hn to colonize U it In 1101 letting himself If up II as All th the nt and this city Zion as All 14 a M H ing for or nil all his hi followers As A ho he had hail made several lot preaching tours of ot the world lorld he had many followers he lie also had ta al nt many cities men called overseers cri Whon hon tho Uw tH glad me rne nl vae as a soul Olt Come orna to lo Zion old and saying Come Gome nut rom the world and partake not of ot her tier Iniquities thou thousands sands II nil 11 came Iam niger eager to seek iek a it place of ot refuge ruKe for or their hungry Dr 1110 1 performed ninny many wonder wonderful ful ul iii healings and set st t a n sign to 10 th tin world Many lany Mun were seeking n a sign o 0 consequently fell ell All business was owned Rill con controlled controlled controlled trolled by h him The Tin people mostly were wre retired farmers they Ih gave him tutu all itil they hey had a and he Will supposed d to 10 Invest It 11 Itin ItIn in a lace factory and give RIve them u a I divi dividend beginning with 6 per ir cent nod a n proposed ascent to lo 12 per Pr tent font When tho luce factory was WitH established I It furnished employment for or many inai peo people I prE pie as its II It Is 18 I till the lace laco Industry tr In Inthe inthe the United States Stales For Kor several years nil alt went well Vl but hut soon oon Dr Dowle Dol began spending the peoples money mone and lived as its a II king kIn having a IL 1 large body ody guard IU II Ill staff stafi and officers and helps of or o nil kinds Little by b little be ho began beRan to lose his hili magnetic ower over oer the thc people his hili healing power left him anil when the Iho financial panic of ot 1907 swept sapt over er the tho country his hIli hI tail fall all ca n complete The peoples r eyes es were wre suddenly opened to 10 the th filet fact 1111 that they were penniless and having put their faith In nn an arm of ot Mesh heel they the vere grossly deceived tile lib overseers r from all Piert of oC tho the world were called home Tho The people were wre n gui aN sheep without u ii shepherd rd on the arrival of ot Wilbur Ibur from Australia he hI e took tooka n a 1 position In direct opposition to Dr wi who wa nS then lying at nt deaths door anti denounced the lbs former found founder er He lie H now tool took his hI place n as lend head lendI nd I nt at tIn tho tI death df lh of Dr Dowle Dowl continued to be bo lender leader As All thousands had Joined joIn Dr Dowle o n now thousands thousand left lell and denounced nil all the lenders leaders the tha Zion teaching knowing had no authority lo to end Iad The life lIf of ot Dr nr Dowle DOII and Its It out outcome come conic la lii nn an Impressive example of nf a n aman aman man which at lit hi his hIA death came to naught As A to In the tho Jews If IC this counsel or nr this IhlA work vork be he of ot mIll men It II will 1111 come eom to naught but butI If It I It be of ot God fInd ve e cannot overthrow It lest Imply e be he b found even enn to tight right 1 ht against God 1 Upon one of bis hi a 1 ii short hort time lime ago III what her opinion waR wan wanas as aslie as lie to whether Dr Dowle 1 really be he believed I himself tj I bo ho the Ih Elijah or nr tho the first of Jesus JeHu Christ as he h later claimed to In be tIC h or If It really rall a u case caso of o Intentional Imposture she lilli replied that WI HO many l held had told him how much like an nil a ii it t prophet of or load loader lea ii i er or r ho that she abe at nl saId Hahl f he lie seemed to earnestly believe It Although nil 1111 Is hi sorrow and disappointment to the thy hearts who han hao ha been heln so 0 hungry to 10 haH hae truth taught them yet et ct wo we must say Hn that the th noble work done lonc by b Dr In trying to lo establish lish lI h a city elt free front from tobacco liquor and profanity veIR commendable The Tho Th Thell Thep p city ell Is III divided 11 on In two Iwo main lines j known ns us tho thu and the In Independents Independents dependents Ir r the Iho past three years yean IRrA t the tho fight has hl hen been on each lIch one try 10 tryIng tryIng Ing to II hl ha rul over the city July 14 H It has hR been hn In the hands of I n government receiver r and In III a aare meas measure me meur are ure ur the Independents have hn ruled ruiel hav having hol lug ing a it majority of or the th aldermen On July Jul 14 H 1910 1110 th iii United court decision gate Ih estate to the tho highest which was Over Zion Aon It ity Is I now floating the Zion colors color purple purle and 0 nd white hll As All J now OW has of the Ih entire intire online the th Independent are nr In fear Cur of lIe I being p 9 driven from the city and again losing II what little they havo saved saed 11 ua ae lI their homes lomes are lire based ba etl on the leases con eon rolled by b Many luny factions actions are breaking oft off Almost every sect creed of oC has sprung up tip hero here like the th mushroom growth The Tho strife Is bitter hitter the tho powers of o Milan seem to 10 bo ho turned loose luo Contention Contentions is III s In the tho heart of every one against another The air all Is I lotion laden with sad Md sadness ad ness People have told u us they the have lever nevor seen Keen a tl happy hal day clay tin In III Zion City Tho were under bondage and had no f tree reo e agency under Dr Dowles rule rille The Pho currency was wall Dowle Dowie paper money mOlle The They wore were ns nil children ruled with a u 10 ted oil of o Iron If It any olio dared say R a II word against him tutu they th the were wre driven from roni the city elt In disgrace They Thy were P made examples of shame at nl the Iho gen Hen general eral Sunday meeting nt ot tho the tabernacle Tor lor the past thee thre years yeats eRr they tho have havo hll Il a short season ROI of oC freedom now It II ItIs Is the Intention of Mr lr elIva lIlva to rule more mon despotically than ever vcr There are ure eol pic hero here who wh have havo hlo owned thousands vho are arc lre now penniless n working where over eer they the can ean got get H R dl work to 10 do doA doA doA A sad Call occurrence caine to lu light yes 1 A pour poor poo widow mother was wan being supported by h her two Iwo sons eons about 10 and 12 I years er by hy working as a oilier 00 boys bo or ur messengers In an rio In Institution In that line has now nI ump come under Mr lr rule They The were ere thrown out jut ul of o work and now nol have 1110 no place to earn anything Mr Ir ha hu has begun to crush out as lS he has his boasted he ho will wi the people lh who tin do not nol recognize and Ild sup support support port him as mi I general overseer Ier of Zion City ly lIlt Ills ilis 11 aim all In Is I to 10 reclaim Zion Ann its ne 1 wan Dr Or Dowles Dowies plan On 01 closed tho the 10 ii days aI known SK es fl The Kenst of o the Tabernacles In commemoration of o the ancient Ilent Mosaic IO custom The Fhe Zion of or the 11 11 res that they thuy are nr trying here so hard to 10 copy cops eo after WAS to tl be lie built bui upon Ion the tl top til tI of the mountains and be h exalted above the th hill hlll to tn IH In I an un ensign to the tho world word where h the house houie of af the I iii lAr to ho bo built bui and amI people should nay wa a Come ye and 1101 Ind let leI us tie 11 go 10 up UI to the tho mountain of o tile the Lord Lor to tIn the II house hOI p of the he God of o Jacob Jab The Fhe he Jan on of Scripture was to tobe tob tobe be b a affair a kingdom that should never be b destroyed or sir given Iven to 10 another 1111 The buildings bull horn hero hornC of fC C the Zion Dowie built hult hua are nr of oC lumber Just n a R temporary experiment which unit time has hal proven It I to 10 Ira boo booI My iI I sister and t I mission mIssionaries aries from the real Zion Ion have III been sent here hen In charge e of or the tho gospel work at lit this place and In II Winthrop Harbor n a ni I ait i dt it Ity three th bibs from here horo We sf meet a It I great gnat Ial deal al of opposition I but bul with the th h lieu of oC our Fattier Father wo we wore weare are re making many One floe friends who lire are nr earnestly seeking tho the light unit and truth of I the gospel We Ve e are a working with all allour allour II our tl might to te tt put 11 the th truths before Un the til people Now N Ol ow Is I the th crisis In which the tl true prophet of God Go has need to lx ho taught to the th people Many 11 say You YOI ran lIn HO preach Jesus Christ heist to us UI but hul no noman ni man 1010 as al a H prophet of God Orni It I I Is 1 Indeed that the messenger sent of o God Ond to the th way a of the tl of o it our ourI I Lord and In Savior I II rejected reject because of lIe their having been n deceived by b the Ih pow pw IT yr of O Satan IA lA I 16 Elizabeth Ave Zion City III Ill I |
