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Christianity as Taught by Christ
Fifth of the Series of Sermons Delivered by Dr. H. S.
Oradley and Published by The Constitution. The
Sixth Will be Printed Next Monday.
Subject: Jesus’ First Sermon.
Text: “The time is fulfilled, .and
the kingdom of God is at hand: re
pent ye. and believe in the gospel.”
—Mark i, 15.
Jesus came out of Tlis struggle In the
wilderness with a clear conviction of His
acceptance by the Father for the Mes
sianic work and. In all ths succeeding
'■ears. He never showed one moment’s
uncertainty If we follow- the order of
••vents given by Matthew, Mark and
lake, we find tiiat He came from His
retirement Immediately after the arrest
• : John the Baptist, and with the marks
o' confiict still upon His face, but with
the light of victory illuminating It, began
to preach to the multitudes which had
■•the-to followed John, using as the text
of Ills first discourse the words which
we have, selected for our study today.
The full Import of the words used by
Jesus, "The time 1® fulfilled, ’* wc shall
probably never know. Not only had the
: oirltu.il cup of Israel been slowly filling
for thousands of years, but the mate
rial, political and Intellectual forces of
he nations had been evolving toward a
point of readiness for the coming of a
great teacher and savior.
Alexander the Great little dreamed
that he was an Instrument In the hands
of the Almighty In making ready for
the coming of a Messiah But Alexan
der, In conquering the w rid. had spread
the Greek language over all his eon
lered dominions, and it was the most
perfect vehicle for human tho ight that
ilie world had ever seen. When Jesus
began Hfs ministry the Greek language,
which He spoke, was read and spoken
■mg with the native languages In all
’he known countries of the earth.
About three hundred years before Je
sus came the Jew ish scripture.’ had been
translated Into Grr-. ;.. the version which
Is now called the Septuagint. and thus,
for three centuries, the Greek language
had been made ready, by familiarity with
Jewish Ideas, to express the divine mes-
• ige of tlie Messiah.
The dispersion of the Jews throughout
ail lands had resulted in the distribution
of the Old Testament, with Its ideas of
• * God and Its propb'-o'es of :■ Messiah.
Wherever the Jews had gone they had
built synagogues, so that, when the her
alds of the gospel went out from Judea
with the message of Jesus, they found,
in every town of • ons'derable size, ready
prepared preaching places.
Home had brought practically the
whole world under one government, and
the Jews, as snbiects of the emperor,
wore guaranteed protection wherever
they went. Moro than that, Rome had
constructed countless miles of roadways
for her armies and these became the
Highways for the gospel.
At this time the -world was at peace.
If not the first time in human history,
it was one of the few times when no
war tocsin was sounded .and no clash
of arms was hoard. For the second
time even in the history of tlio Roman
empire the gates of .Tanu; at Rome were
closed. This condition gave mon an
opportunity to thirl: the high matters
of life that a time of war would not
have allowed.
It was a time of gre•; t intellectual ac
tivity. Horace dir 1 only three years
before, and Virrd only fourteen years
before the Christ! m era, while Diodorus
Siculus, the Greek !:I-t..rian; Strabo, the
Greek geographer: Ovid. the Roman
poet; I.ivy, the R ni,... historian, an 1
Seneca, the Roman statesman and phi
losopher. were all living when Jesus
was born.
Not only was there pronounced intel
lectual activity a nongst the nations, but
there was also a deepening Interest In re
ligion. Tile peoples wore becoming dis
satisfied with their old religious forms
and wore manif' ting a desire for some
thing better. "There was a general dis
integration of the old rejigi. ms which
gave neither righteousness nor hope In
this world, r.or promise for the world
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to come. But nothing could quench the I
! thirst for something higher and better.’’ |
I The interest in the Messianic work on
the part of the Jews was clearly mani
fested in the vast multitudes that flocked
to the baptism of John, who declared
himself the "forerunner” or "road
maker” forth? coming Messiah.
Jesus meant to say by "the time is
! fulfilled" that there confronted His peo
! pie a set of conditions that were not
, created ii. a day out of nothing, but were i
; the product of centuries. There entered I
' Into the filling of the cup of time which !
: was brimming when Jesus opened His 1
' ministry, all of the discipline in man- I
; kind's long struggle for existence, all |
j the f vorirg of the best as the unfit i
I were weeded out, all the painful, but ;
I profitable, training of His own people I
, in agriculture and architecture in Egypt, .
I al! the toughened physical and '
J moral fibre from long desert wars. '
I all th'- sad lessons of exile in Babylon, .
J all the lessons from internecine strife. •
I al! the Increasing and deepening spir- |
, Itv.a! tone of Hebrew prophecy, all the 1
: enlarging and spiritualizing conceptions
i of God that had grown from a concep- i
I tlon of Him as a tribal deity to the gio- |
’ rlous idea of the Universal Father, as j
! he: 1 by Jesus Himself.
I The bu’i of spiritual prophecy was •
• ready to burst Into bloom. It Is true I
I the blossom was :• be very di!T rent from ,
I the prevailing expectations of His people, '
: but not withstanding it was to be. a blos-
I som that Had been predicted by the most '
j spiritual of the Israelitish prophets. I
I While the ordinary reader had seen only j
: the apocalyptic pi 'ture of the Messiah’s I
I coming, Jesus found th<- well-nigh for- j
gotten words of Hosea that declared th U j
i piety of heart and mercy are more pleas- ;
j Ing to God than sacrifices. His mind |
; dwelt upon the pre'iction of Jeremiah j
I that the time would come when God |
1 would make a new ■ ovenant with His i
■ people, arid write His laws upon their
! hearts Instead of upon tables of stone. I
' So that, considered from the standpoint '
; of Hebrew prophecy, Jesus could still ■
i say, "The time looked for. the time j
■ dreamed about, the time prayed for. the ;
i time predicted by your greatest spiritual ,
l loaders. Is come. 1 am ready to begin i
I the work of the Jewish Messiah, and ,
; the larger work of the Son of Man.”
i ‘"rhe kingdom of God is at hand. ’ ,
What Is meant by the "kingdom of God" [
has already been partially implied in the I
: answer to the question as to the mean- I
! Ing of the "fullness of time." But we j
| shall have to Inquire at this time, and
I more fully in tlie f=ubse<iuent discourses, t
: Into the full meaning of that great and I
; constantly recurring expression. No fol- ,
j lower of Jesus is likely ever to have the I
i h ardihood to write down a. sentence, or ,
‘ any definite number of sentences, and I
I say, “Those express exactly what Jesus j
■ meant by the kingdom of God." There l
• arc some tilings about the kingdom, sonic '
| lyominent features, which wc may be '
I sure, that we know, but there are spirit- ,
rent lies that wo fear we can never
i st:■: !■•■ int". .B > s went away with tne.se |
I words almost the last, upon His lips, J
' "I have many things to say unto you, ’
I, . ' . I
; I>.:i ye cannot bear them now.
i \V<- feel, however, that we cannot be- j
! f-ir wrong in saying that what Jesus j
‘ meant by the kingdom of God was what.
j He had come to experience in the quiet I
| years in tlie carpenter's shop at Naza
i reth. Il< had not come to an experience I
of some!king wii.i and weird and strange, i
Bui. in ills little work shop, He had I
to have a sense of His Father's i
' rv.-irness at> 1 approval. He had come to
iove tile vTTlagers as His brethren. ile ’
i had found a calm peace and quiet Joy, :
and a profound sense of bless< dr.esa in I
I I amble service. He had '.earned to put ■'
• rot only His labor and skill, but also I
I His heart, into every task that lie per- I
■ form> d. from the making of a simple era- I
■ die tor tiie neighbor's baby to the sash- j
’ ionirg of the a>ffin for the dead body of
j the patriarch of His people.
i His beautiful spirit had made the car- i
I p< liter’s bench a throne of divine power, |
i and tin simp a dwelling niaee of the Most ,
! High. The age-long prophecy had been ■
fuil'dled. The kingdom of God in its :
fullness lied eome to God's Son, and He I
wo.s now ready to tell oilier people how t
to find it. i
I The meaning which Jesus gave to the |
I words, kingdom of God." was Very dll- '
i ferent from the meaning ordinarily eon- •
! veyed. He did not mean the Jewish i
I theocracy, or the world-erapire, looked lor |
by His people. The word, on His lips,
bad a very different meaning from that
which John gave it, for even the “fore
runner” was possessed of the apocalyptic
idea. John conceived of the Jewish peo
ple converted to righteousness, and en-
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I Joying. In consequence, nstlonal prosper
; ity. John considered himself the bear
er not of glad, but of dreadful tidings,
for he said, “The one who comes after
me comes with a winnowing fan in hfs
hand and h" Is going to burn up the cliaff
with unquenchable tire ”
By the kingdom of heaven, Jesus did
not mean a place that is to be reached
after death. He came not with the prom
ise of blessedness In a future state alone,
| but offered the kingdom at the present
I time. He insisted that men go into it
! then and there. He said that it was in
: their midst, that it was close at hand. •
Neither did lie mean the organization
1 which we today know as the church,
i When we pray for the spread of the klng
j dim the spread of the church may be
i the idea in our minds, but it was not so
I with th* Master Indeed, with the excep-
:!• r- of one single doubtful passage, Jesus
' r ••v<t made reference to the church dur
s ing His entire ministry. The church is
; an organization which requires, for ad
! mission to membership, the acceptance of
‘ a creed, and most of our creeds are hu- I
man patchwork. While tlie kingdom is :
a divine society into which one is admit- 1
! ted who possesses the right disposition of i
i heart, "one must affirm this or that to be !
i a member of the church; one must be .
something, to be a part of the kingdom
l of God. Every person who is like Christ ■
I in character, or is of His mind, is in- i
• aided in the kingdom. No natural read- .
I lug of the church can include Plato; no '
I natural reading of the kingdom can ex- ;
’ elude him.”
Jesus meant by the kingdom of God,
I th> reign of God in the heart of men.
i For each individual, it meant a filial re
j lotion co God. a fraternal relation io
im n, and sei-vice as the keyword of con-
i duct.
' One may get an idea as to the import
! anee which Jesus attached to the klng
' dom by noting the frequency of the re-
I currency of tho word In His preaching,
i Nearly all tlie parables which He after
: wards spoke are designed to illustrate
' certain phases of the kingdom. In His
r eat discourse, called the "Sermon on
iHe Mount,’ He enunciated the constito
i tion of the kingdom. He'looked upon one
j young man and loved him because he
! was not far from the kingdom. He con
: detuned the Pharasees because they shut
i the doors of the kingdom in men’s faces,
i One. of His broadest Invitations was to
I the nations of the worlfl to sit down with
I Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the king
dom. rhe kingdom is an ideal world.
! "It Is a world-wide state whose law is
'■ the divine will, whose members obey the
! spirit of Jesus, whose strength is good
i ness. whose heritage is God."
■ It is not confined to the present, but
i extends into the future, it is both here
■ and to coma
"Now,” said Jesus, “this being tho con
' dltion, that the time Is ripe and the
‘ kingdom of heaven at hand, repent and
' believe the good news." There Is no
■ single world in all the language of the
! church that lias been more thoroughly
i misunderstood and abuse.d than the word
j "repent." The idea which today is con
| veyed by tho word is almost, if not
; quite, totally foreign to the thought
| which Jesus expressed. Jesus spoke in
! Greek, and the Greek word which He
■ employed means simply "to think after,
I or to change the mind on reflection,"
' while the idea conveyed to our minds by
I the word “repentance" is that of sorrow
lor pain. It is nothing less than pre-
I posterous to say that Jesus called upon
men, in view of the nearness of the king
dom, to feel sorrowful or miserable. It
■is foreign to His method to call upon
■ men to indulge in a passive state. His
■ coll v.as always to activity. It is true
I our modern word “repentance” has come
j to mean "godly sorrow for sin and a
I turning away from sin." And, while this
I is a thoroughly wholesome thing, it is
' ertainly not what Jesus urged His first
i hearers to do. We can scarcely think of
I the Master standing before His people,
I and saying to them, "In view of the time
. tor God's visitation to Ills people, it be
j hooves you to be very miserable. Try, if
■ you can. to feel yourselves condemned.
i Settle yourselves into a state of woe and.
■ wretchedness. Feel lost if you can."
i Tlie plain meaning of Jesus' words was
I fids: "Here Is a new condition that con-
| fronts you. Arouse yourselves out of j
: your lethargy. Fix your minds on the I
I great truth. Change the attitude of |
I your hearts toward God and men."
It is significant that while the word j
which has been translated "repent” ap- I
pears in each of the synoptic gospels, be- ]
Ing used by Matthew, Mark and Luke, it
entirely disappears from the .gospel of I
John. But the Idea by no means dis- j
appears. John expresses the same
thought In the phrase, “born again."
There may be some wfio will give up with
regret the mistaken notion that Jesus
called upon men to be miserable and to
indulge In what is popularly called the
' "sorrow of repentance.” It is exceedingly
unfortunate, for those who look to us as ■
teachars, that many of qs who are bind- J
est In the advocacy of tile claims of tho
church seem to take a delight in making
the way to God as hard and as difficult of
understanding as possible. Jesus, speak
ing out of His sense of blessedness, His
abiding pe#i ?e, His uxiruflb d Joy, never
dreamed that He was calling men to an
experience of wretchedness or misery. I
There was In His call the note of glad- |
ness. Aye could better interpret His !
words by saying, "The long looked for
time has corns. The promised rule of God j
in the hearts of men is at hand. The I
kingdom of love stands waiting to receive I
you. Rejoice, my brothers! Turn your I
minds with gladness from the things j
which occupy your thoughts, and fix
them upon this glorious time of God's
visitation to His people. Enter into a
state of larger blessedness; "
The word which we have her? translated
“repent" could very prpperly he rendered.
“Adjust your minds to the new condition."
If there is any element of sorrow or sad
ness in the word, it Is purely accidental.
The changing of one's mind from th; old !
ideas, habits: of thought and t- stes, and '
the breaking away from old mistakes,
blunders, transgressions and sin may. and
Is likely to produce sorrow and regret ■
that the past and the present are not j
worthier. So, if one Insists upon inject- !
i ing the Idea of pain or sorrow, he should ;
i have to express Christ’s idea thus: "Here j
'is a new condition. Adjust yourselves ,
'to it. The kingdom qf heaven is at ’
■ hand. Prepare to enter into it, and. if
the effort that you make is attended with
pain, sorrow and remorse, why. let these ,
, emotions take care of themselves. Be |
i sure to adjust yourselves to the new j
j condition. ’
The. call to enter into the kingdom of I
‘ h*a.ven w•? the highest invit.at.ion that -
I humanity had ever received, and it be- i
came the duty of every one who heard it. ;
as it is the (juty of ever;.- one who lieaisi ;
it today, to respond to it. Not only has ;
the rule held with regard to human bo- j
ings, it has been the law in all nature,
that success ami advapce depend upon
adjustment to the highest environment.
The geologist gives us a fine illustra
tion of Christ's meaning here. He pic
tures the time, in the remote past, when
the highest form of life inhabited the
sea.. But the call of the Infinite came,
saying, "Air breathing is better than wa
ter breathing," and some fishes heeded
tlie call and became amphibians. Again
the call came. "Life on 'lie land is better
than life in the slime. Some amphi
bians heeded the call and became reptiles
Again the call came. "Izicomotlon through
the air is better than crawling on the
ground." Pom- reptiles heeded the call,
and. became birds.
"The kingdom of God," says Jesus, "is
the newest and highest environment. Ad
just yourselves to it- Infinite Spirit, In
finite Goodness, Infinite AVisdom, Infinite
Compassion. Infinite Love is your Father.
Realize it! Every man is your brother.
Love him! The world should not be full,
of warring races and hostile nations. It
should be inhabited by a brotherhood.
Hate and slay, covet and hold, should
not be the watchwords of humanity, but
love and serve, ’. less and give. Instead
of a battle field strewn evermore witli
the wrecks of nations, and drenched with
the blood of grim warriors, th.? earth
should lie Lite ..eat of tlie kingdom of
heaven ”
‘•Believe in the gospel.” says Jesus. The
word "gospel ’ is another word that l.as
suffered much at the hands of the Hi olo
gian. As it fell from the Hps of Jesus it
meant “tidings of gladness," "good news.”
AVhile, with us, too often, it has come
to mean a proclamation ot Impending
doom. That God is very angry and is
about to destroy His offspring from the
face of the earth, and blister their souls
through endless ages on red-hot sheet
iron is by some men by thq
soft euphemism, “the gospel." Some
of ti 3 preachers who style ourselves "the
followers of the meek and lowly Naza
rene" go at our people with the law in
one hand and a stick of dynamite in the
oilier, and the promise of acres of brim
stone in the next world, and marvel that
men do not fall in love with Jesus.
Whatever may be said about tlie doc
trine of damnation, at the proper time for
its discussion, we ougnt to be sure that
the gospel we prea ii, as ordained minis
ters and unpretentious laymen, is the real
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gospel, tiie "good news” of great joy
about which angels sang and Jesus
preached.
My brother, the opening discourse of
Jesus applies to you today a.- well as to
the Galileans who heard Him. The tltno I
is riper today for you than it was for ‘
His hearers. Our Good Father has add
ed two thousand years to the world's hls
| tory, and through it runs an ever-increas
' ing stream of love. The gad.es o* tho
kingdom are wider open tfeiin ever be
fore. Thousands have entered and an
ever-increasing host throngs its portals.
The army that recognizes God g-8 the Ail-
Loving Father, and humanity as made
up of brethren needing sympathy and
service, is still mustering.
Are you living selfishly? Is your life i
: dii -cto'! away from God. and away from l
; loving service of your needy brothers? ;
' Then, in the name of my Master. I would i
I call to you today: Stop! Chang* vour ‘
i minds. Adjust yourselves to the highest i
I environment. You are sons of God. You |
•! may realize ft if you will. Believe the i
‘ good news! Work for tho welfare of ’
I olhers. and in so doing find salvation for i
' yourselves. Become a. citizen of the king- :
• done.
THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION
Washington, October 31.—The president •
today Issued his annual Thanksgiving j
proclamation in the following terms:
By the president of the United States |
iof America—A Proclamation:
I The season is at hand when, according ;
‘ to the custom of our people, it falls upon
| the president to appoint a day of praise J
! and thanksgiving to God.
] During the last year the Lord has dealt ■
| bountifully with us, giving us peace at i
■ home and abroad and the chance for dti- i
j zens to work for their welfare unhinder-
I e d by wiar, famine or plague, ft behooves j
| us not only to rejoice with a solmen sense I
lof responsibility, realizing that, under i
j heaven. It rests with us ourselves to show |
i that we are worthy to use aright what j
I lies thus been entrusted tn our care. In |
I no (dFer place and at no other time has
j i.he experiment of government of the peo
' pie, by the people, for the people been
I tried on so vast a scale as here in our
i own country in the opening years of the
j tW'iili.tb. century. Failure would not
I only fie a dreadful thing for us, but a
i dreadful thing for all mankind, because I
i it would mean loss of hope for all who :
i believe In the power and righteousness i
of liberty. Therefore, in thanking God |
for the mercies extend .I to us in the I
past, we bcseeceh Him that Ho may not
withhold them in the future and that our
hearts may be roused to war steadfastly
for good and against aJI the forces of
evil, public and private. We pray for
■ strength and light, so that in tho coming
years we may, witli clean lives, fearb s
ness and wisdom, do our allotted work
on tiie earth in such manner as to show
that we are not altogether unworthy of
the blessings we have received.
Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt,
president of the United States, d*> here
by'designate as a day of general thanks
giving Thursday, the 26th day of the
eomlng November, and do recommend
that throughout the land the people cease
from their wonted occupations and in
their several homes and places worship
render thanks unto Almighty God for His
manifold mercies.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington this
31st day of October in the year of our
Lord, one thousand nine hundred and
three and of the independence of the
United States the one hundred and twen
ty-eight. THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
By the president:
JOHN HAY. Secretary of State.
YELLOW JACK LOSING FIGHT. |
Situation at Laredo Is' Considered as
Greatly Improved
luaredo, Tex., October 31.—Yellow fever
conditions continue to improve in this
city.
The official bulletin Issued tonight fol
lows:
New cases 7; deaths I; total cases to
date 608; total deaths to date 57. [
One more case Is reported today at
Fort Mclntosh.
Neuvo Laredo reports three new cases
but no deaths yesterday. Word from
Monterey states there wore two deaths
and ten new cases there Wednesday.
Much credit Is being gtven to Dr. Mur
ray, of the marine hospital service, by
the people of I,are<io for his faithful work
in fighting tho spread of tlie epidemic
and his unselfish efforts to alleviate the
suffering of the poorer class, s.
New Case cf Fever tjt San Antonio.
San Antonio, T x., October 3!.—A new
c.tsc ~f yellow fever was reported by the
health auti:'.iities today, the patient be
ing tlie wi"e of Dr. James H. Hendley.
No. 234 Madison street, one of the most
prominent residence sections in tlie city.
The condition ot Mrs. Hendley is very
serious. Mrs. Bcndlcy’s r ise i.-: tiie four
teenth since the fever first appeared,
witli six deaths.
| ,
i < iklaltoma City, Okla., October 31.—Two
; persons were killed and nine injured,
, some perhaps fatally, and half a dozen I
farm houses were demolished by a tor
nado that formed three miles north of
Hvdro. in Caddo county, last night.
The dead:
FRANK BROWN aged 14.
MARY BROWN, aged 8. „
PERSONAL STATEMENT MADE
BY JOHN ALEXANDER DOWSE
,
Prophet Declares That His Father Was a British Ofiicer of High Rank.
Who Deluded His Mother by a "Scotch” Marriage—The Scene
During the Recital Was Remarkable.
New York, October 26 --Tn a broken
voice, with tears streaming down his face
i and his body shaken with emotion, John
[Alexander Dowie stood on the platform
I in Madison Square Garden tonight before
I an audience of 10.000 persons and an
nounced that in truth he was not the
son of John Murray Dowie, of Essex,
! lowa, from whom he takes his patrony-
■ Tlfilcs, but that his father was a British
i army officer of high family by a “Scotch"
j marriage, .'io heaped vlllifi.'ation and •'.
i nunciation upon John Murray D'jwlo.
i whom he declared bad made Ids mother
| believe her marriage to Down's father
■ was shameful and the army officer,
; having been taken away by his relatives,
; his the ilrrt flush of her shame,
■ had sought to give her son a nnmo by
j marrying John Murray Dowie.
. Denounced the Press.
; Tho revel tion was made a’ tlie end of
■ an hour’s tirade against tho pi of this
! city, its tre.'irr' Mt of his work and liim-
I s< if, being styled a "conspiracy of false
hood," the reporters denounced as "yel- j
i low dogs, poisonous reptiles, who have I
I wrecked thousands of homes and broken ;
thousands of hearts."
! He led up to tlie publication this morn- ;
I ing of extracts from letters passing be- I
i tween himself and John Murray Dowie. ■
i Indicating Dowie’s renunciation of the '
j latter as a parent, and which were re- I
| sponsible for the general overseer's par- i
lial exposition of the great secret of his ■
life.
Shoutin - al one moment In a fit of vio- :
lent rage at the newspapers Mr. Dowie ,
would the next moment speak In the most ;
gentle voice of his mothe r at.-i wife. Tlv
great audience was moved by his evident
i emotion. Women wept and at times
: bursts of applause greeted his declara
tions.
I Dowie announced that just one year
I ago, he bud addressed a meeting in Chi
cago, at wl,:ch he h id told < f an attempt
to blackmail by a man writing from .Bos
ton who daimed to luive C'.'U'in Idler
which had passed lie.wei.'n him-elf ■
John Murray DowF
Alleged Blackmail.
"That man wrote me.’’ said Air, Dow:*
"that the Iciter. if published, might cat'se
me annoyance, and in the g"teio:.ty of
his heart, said that for 51,000 he would
turn them over to me, instead of to a
Chi', agx ■ Garbled exit
from these letters were publish'd tn a
paper In Ulis city tills morning. I chal
lenge ‘hat vapor to produce ‘Ji* original
letters, what was printed being i i 1> n .
representations, extracts, distort cd co na
tions and largely pure concoction, obtain
ed either from tiie man who Jried to
blackmail me a ygar ago. gotten from
John Murray Dowie by him. at Essex.
lowa, or else John Murray Powfi' poor,
wickgd man, was so far lost to me as to i
sell the letters of Jiim whom hi lalsely
said was Ills son. These letters haw
come eith -r by robbery or a sin much
deeper and more wicked, tlie basest of all i
sins.”
Dowie paid tribute to his motb'-r as ;
tiie purest woman that ever I
was," and tulcj this store of his birth.
I "My mother was a noble woman, She |
I was greatly beloved b;, - the privates and I
j officers of one cf the foremost regimen s :
of the British army. Our home was i
near tfie. post of th regiment. My peopli j
had 1.-.’ii .■'onneced with the army for j
centuries.
Attacks Supposed Father.
"I supposed 1 was th-- son of Joint I
Murray Dowie, who now llvi s in Essex. ;
lowa, and I never ceased to wonder how ‘
he cQuld have beet my fath, r. He was ,
mean and hypocritical, and as the i
y ors roiled on ii gr--w worse. 1 had
no sympathy for him. For many years. I
I did not see John Murr.i. 1> 'W.'-. Then
evil timer can'-*' upon him, and at my
own expense 1 brought him from Aus
tralia, and gave him a home in my own
house. One day luj.er lie gave me s me
miners, which explained ev*. ..iliing.
"1 knew that f had, been ( i.-beii of mi
blrtbrigh’ oy that villMn sluing in front
of me- 1 knew that I was not ms so: ; I
knew that Im married my mother m
meh .um tmic 1 mm oet n born m M *. ■
And with tile K.iov.e-iige that ti-di com
;0 Mia.mmy to me I -il "mmjn.,
. .., I. mother uad ■< n y - •
in :.i Seoteii marriage with a Briln-h
arniv "Ulcer of Idg" : ■"? .:iltig. wli'-s* reia
lives had iiunieu mm <'Ul '■ the way,
•md my dear mother, to bide h--r shame,
h id married that vile scoundrel who sat
t l' ic . e !>.'iofe me and had doffe that, which
had I known of it twenty years before,
would have given me my right place in
tip, v.-or’M. What that -place mi-aht have
J been is not for m* to say. 1 shall never ,
seek for it. for if >t carried with it tiie I
finest ducal coronet in the United King- ’
dorn T would not want to change it for
the office I hold and the ministry I min
ister to God."
The last words, pronounced with so
lemnity over the grettt still garden, fell
on tho audieuco like an irrevocable ffic-
, turn, and a few seconds a great burst of
' applause greeted the speaker.
Heart Broken by the Prophet
■ Essex, lowa, October 31.—John Mur
ray Dowie. crushed by the attack made
| upon him by his son, John Alexander
j Dowie, says:
i “The statement that lam not the fath
er of John Alexander Dowie is the great-
1 eat myth ever uttered by the mouth of
i man. It is scandalous that my son should
i repudiate me after I have done so much
' lor him. He is my son and was born.
lin lawful wedlock. No one can deny
lit Tiie recon!.-' may be had at the great
r.-gistei offices, Frim-ess street, Edin
burgh, Scotland; i have always lived a
quiet, peaceable Christian life and It
breaks my heart to have thia trouble
i corny- toward the end."
; Judge Dowie, who is respected by
I tlie whole community, lives here In li’s
■' little cottage. Tiie. nsomblpnce between
: ! •. 1 a d . >hn Alexander
loowia is so close that the father has
often been taken for tiie son. The old
I man is growing feeble and the recent
: trouble has aged him greatly.
Dowie Attacks Faith Healers.
j Now York. October 27.—At tho early
, mornffig service in Madison square gar
j den today, Dowie announced that a public
, baptism would take plac - In the gard'.-a
j this week. About 1,000 persons ittended
■ tin- regular morning meeting when Dow-
I i-? talked on Christian Science, and espe-
c'ally on Mrs. Eddy and her book. He de
clarcd that Christian Science was neirh -
: Ciiri;::,unity nor science. Mrs. Eddy *
i book, he declared, was "Inconsistent witli
' the first elements of good sense."
• "The. only possible charm In th? book."
! lie continu-d, “seems to b- that It is
' impossible to understand. There 1.-: one
i grain of truth In Christian science. It
■ t'.'O’ies that disease does not come from
I God.
■ "As for the arguments of the T'ie->-
'. that t I no . . thing an ■ •
j .g. tasting or -melliug uxoept in <I *
i jmaginatl-.n of pcrso-is, it is air • bosh."
: Dowi. concluded by saying that Chris
' tian sc'.w.-e ' undermine'” all common
I h.'ll-siy and veraclt.v in human mind."
The Dowie Method of Baptism.
; New York, Octo ..-r 30.—-Scarce-y a
- (’.iz- ;: persons out-id, ■.;’ some six
I dred members oi the restoration
■ wcr present for the earh morning s* ■
■ vi.-e in Madison Square Garden t...d:r
[Dowie seemed weary and i: .- •-:> 1
i standing and walking about vigor"'•”
while THs w;'!? ”Tri'jn p »
i Immersion, a Dissertation on the Fro;-*'-
Method "f Baptism." He declared th?'
j baptism was us. less unless one were
; '!)>!.■ I three tim- sas risked his hea.r»r«
! to e "me to Sunday service to witness tho
I baptism of fifty conv. rts.
; Dowie opened tin- ev.ning rnc*-t:;K « ■:
i a prayer that in the < -’".ing election t'-.-s
. ,-?v . ’rm’d not pa's 1.'.i0 bad hand'
I During ills discourse ho raid Thar. 1
■ Is st li.i ', visit 'd 600,C0D homes in N*w
i York and hud been re'cived with .-o’.ir
| tes *-
Dowie Has Secret Meeting.
I Now York, October 31.—Only members
! of Dowie’s "restoration host" were al
lowed inside Madison Square Gcr-lcn at
th'’ morning meeting today. Dowie. It
I was learned, spoke to his followers on
"Watch. Work and Puiy."
! His address consisted chiefly of er
: hortations io his people to do tbwr best
' to get as tunny conv, rts as possible for
I the baptism torno.-riv.
I There were only about 200 of the host
I pr-'-sont. A gii-Ar ma -y w- it away last
j night and v-?»t. rday and more will lea, o
I for Zion City today.
; Wedding in Top cf Light House.
New York, October 31.--For the first
time in 75 years a wedding has been cele
brat.ed in the top of Montauk lighthouse
at the extreme eastern end of Long is
land. The groom's fatlicr. C. O. Gould,
was born in the lighthouse and the groom
tlv'.-o met his bride, Evelyn Cpok. of
London, while she was visiting Long is
land friends.
sr Iml ■ ’r ir*!
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