| Show I 1 rody 10 BI PLACID IN A mi WHIT w COFFIN HEARSE WILL BE WHITE DRAWN BY WHITE HORSES then the remains will be consigned to a sto stone ne vault for f final rest 1 1 chicago march 12 funeral services were held last night iford tw john alexander dowie by tho tile little 11 bicci of alio th 0 faithful faithful who have stood by him III n I 1 i while thousands of the once restoration host ridiculed and d refusing to accept conciliatory measures offered by gladstone dowle in the form of a share h e in the last rites rit over his fathers body deacon J W cutter and laid his six assistant deacons chosen by dowie dowle aa as the ecclesiastical ecclesiastic ecclesta at rulers of his church in zion city held a formal service which they said were the only possible ceremonies under I 1 the christian catholic apo stalle church of zion cutter had persuaded five of 0 his ills authorized zed assistants deacons craford snelling chad gottschalk and in braund to hold to their original stand in spite of a drizzling night his lils residence was crowded mourners finding places on stairs and window sills ak under these conditions with every person present an ardent indent follower of the first apostle in life and death many of whom had been with him from the founding ot of the church the service had a deep religious tone that made it unusually impressive the services were modeled upon those conducted by dowie at the grave of his daughter esther including the same scriptural readings ani prayers coupled with these was ivas the tile singing of the songs dowie dowle sang upon his deathbed joy cometh in ln the morning jov JOY to the world and anti lead kindly light deacons samuel chad and morris N who were with ija dow wl se e in his last night on earth called upon to relate incidents of ur deacon deacan morria forris A de deni al aleathe edthe first apostle was w s ica tour arious loiis at any lime time he ile said he lie was aas merely talking in his ills sleep as he lie had done dohe every night for weeks and that fever or any of the other symptoms of delirium failed to appear the meeting closed clond with declara eions from froin almost every one present that they would reni din in the present body until dowies dowles will reveals whom ho he chose as his ills successor then they will flock to his libi support many tan expressed the belief that this tilts will bo be overseer bryant now in ili south africa arrangements for the for formal in al services of thursday continue to show a conciliatory desire to unite all factions overseer william 11 II piper head of the faction in chicago that revolted from hollva after his victory has been asked to sit upon the taber liable platform with deacon head of the chicago party remaining true to dowie dowle the eulogy will bo lie delivered by judge V V Bari barines ies of tho voliva faction the fui funeral leral promises lies to bo be spec spectacular tacil A large white hearse will bo be brought from kenosha the coffan will be white and tho the hearse NOR W be drawn by white li horses orsel the coelln will bo be sealed scaled hermetically and buried burled in a stone vault I 1 |
