DOWIE’S LAST MESSAGE
Shortly before liis death Dowie wrote a vigorous sermon to be read at his own funeral. This course was not adopted, but the text ■of 'Elijah’s” last message, which breathes curses and damnation for his enemies was published fully. “I shall return,” said Dowie in one passage, “fully armed and panoplied, in the golden mail of right. I shall return, and with ruthless hand shall I exterminate the vipers and dogs of hell that hold high places in my City of Zion. They dreamed, and in the grossness of their dreams they thought they had prevailed over the .first apostle. And now, priest# and elders of Zion, I shall return to strike ye down.. I shall return in another form, brighter and more beautiful, and 10,000 times more terrible, to cut ye off in the midst of your sins, and win back Zion for the truth, and for them that held to the word and did no evil.” It is reported that a young woman, who, as Dowie lay in his coffin, touched the hem of his garment, hoping to be cured of locomotor ataxy, suddenly shouted, “I can walk I” Slio tried, and for a few paces succeeded, then fell, hurting herself seriously.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2088, 24 May 1907, Page 3
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207DOWIE’S LAST MESSAGE Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2088, 24 May 1907, Page 3
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