THE WORSHIP OF DOWIE.
■- — .".'»' — CRIPPLED PILGRIMS KISS THE , . HEM OF HIS ROBES. ■■ .InEW. YORK, March 13. Strange scenes are* being witnessed at the "lying .msttae" of the remains of the "prophet Dowie. •■">■• The ■. streets pf : Zion City are crowded with -blind, . halt, ' arid; lame, who have arrived m the hope of ; receiving some miraculous relief from their infirmities by touching the garmetits of .the dead •■■'■■; Hundreds more pilgrims, qre arriving not only ; from Chicago, but from many' distant parts of the Middle West. The trains are crowded, with cripples, who make their way slowly on crutches and m bath-chairs from the^iailway station t. Shiloh House. Scores of women are to be seen: carrying children suffering from various diseases to the house. , The remains Of Dowie, dressed m tho silk and satin robes m which he proclaimed himself Elijah, lie m a white coffin." Lines of guards keep the j ilgi'imS m procession near the house ;.r.d past the bier. ' Mostof ,the faithful kiss the hem of the "prophet's" robes, vyhile others' are .content to' ', press the fabric between their fingers. ".'■■. /_
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10957, 27 April 1907, Page 7 (Supplement)
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180THE WORSHIP OF DOWIE. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10957, 27 April 1907, Page 7 (Supplement)
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