"Dr." Dowie — Tells Miserable Sinners To Get Up Early

1902

Shouts Wisdom to Waukegan Followers — Makes Some Extraordinary Remarks in a Sermon

Waukegan, Ill., June 9. — John Alexander Dowie preached Sunday to the faithful in Zion City. It was the most remarkable address he has yet delivered. He said:

"May the Lord have mercy on you miserable sinners who want more than eight hours sleep. Men, you miserable sinners, get up early and give your wives a cup of milk while they are in bed. Women, if you have miserable, lazy husbands report them to me and I will give them hall Columbia. I will try a horn, and if that does not work I will yell fire. I will teach you all to get up early and work. There is another thing: You will have to stop this roving about nights. Ten o'clock is late enough for anybody to be out. Those found in the streets after that will be sent to the city prison."

—The Newark Advocate, Newark, Ohio, June 9, 1902, p. 1.