Dowie's Delight.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 48, 1 March 1904, Page 4

Dowie's Delight.

Discoursing upon the appearance of Dr. Dowie in Sydney, Christchurch Truth remarks says Elijah tne Restorer, in an entihusiaKtic cable message to his American - adherents, "i 9 everywhere aroused.'' "'Mia adherents will naturally infer that Australia's arising has been in the .direction of swearing allegiance to the Projmet's doctrines, instead, aa is actually the case, of i-husing him through the streets, and howl- ; in'g lor his prophetic blood, and heaving bricks at his prophetic silk • h9t. Notoriety and an angry public are the breath and life of Dowie, so that in his heart he is pleased and satisfied with the sensation he is creating. Unfortunately, it is necessary to demonstrate against individuals of his tyjo, because if they were treated with silent contempt by sensible people, the drivelling lunatics who keep on chasing ntfW religions would have nothing to keep them from embracing their harmful creeds. A skilful general or - a skilful politician can always be \ trusted to extract from tt dpfeat fr numerous signs of a moral victory J tut it has been left to Elijah of Ptto purple wings to state, while eugJtfed hi escaping with his life, that Austraho ia touring him round in a gjgWiiphal car, and to explain, i„ I3ki^£T\! ll ?i 01 dwi S lu £ brickbats, BgW-the brickbats arc gold medals BfifiPr inferred on torn by the QcHgsT' , > «"?" <1 the applause of an adBffitf community.