Dowie
JOHN ALEXANDER, ada pastor in Australia, he afterward went to Chicago, Ill., and became a "healer," real-estate operator, newspaper proprietor, and manufacturer. He founded a lace-making industry near Waukegan, that he was the prophet Elijah returned folowers "Zionites." that he was the prophet Elijah returned to earth, and surrounded himself with armed guards under a pretense that his He announced life was in danger. his followers journeyed to New York.
In October, 1903, Dowie and 3,500 of The object was to gain recruits for the Dowie Church, and to induce New Yorkenterprises. The crusade was a failure. enterprises.
He died March 9, 1907. ses.
The crusade was a failure.