John Alexander Dowie was known to millions at the turn of the 20th century. He was a reformer, who fought against the greatest odds, single-handedly challenging the apostasy of his time. He had an amazing mission. He succeeded in bringing to the Church’s attention the message of the gospel of healing – a message of deliverance for the whole man – body and soul. He succeeded in bringing to the world’s attention the great truth that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
Some believe that Dr. Dowie could have done no wrong; others believe that he was a charlatan and a deceiver. Neither view is correct. God raised up John Alexander Dowie for a specific work, which was to reintroduce divine healing to the Church. People sacrificed to travel by ship to come from other nations to experience the messages of deliverance and healing.
Although his errors in judgment at the end of his life are to be regretted, we believe that the Church received an enormous impetus of faith because this man lived.
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: The Dramatic Appearance of Dowie Upon the World
Chapter 2: Early Life of John Alexander Dowie
Chapter 3: Dowie Begins His Labors as a Pastor
Chapter 4: The Death Plague Didn’t Come Near Them
Chapter 5: This Marriage to Jeanie
Chapter 6: In-Law Trouble
Chapter 7: Dowie Leaves the Organized Church
Chapter 8: Dowie Tries for a Seat in the Australian Parliament
Chapter 9: Deceived by a Con Man
Chapter 10: The Hour of Despair
Chapter 11: Beginning of the Dawn
Chapter 12: Vengeance of the Liquor Interests
Chapter 13: Dowie Leaves Australia for America
Chapter 14: Through the Golden Gate
Chapter 15: Dowie Visits the False Christ
Chapter 16: Dr. Dowie Goes to Chicago
Chapter 17: The Rising Storm in Chicago
Chapter 18: Arrested One Hundred Times!
Chapter 19: Banishing the “Little White Dove”
Chapter 20: Signs, Wonders, and Miracles!
Chapter 21: Founding the Christian Catholic Church
Chapter 22: Organizing the Seventies
Chapter 23: The Holy War
Chapter 24: The Dream City of Zion
Chapter 25: Utopia on Earth
Chapter 26: The Elijah Declaration
Chapter 27: Shadows Over Zion
Chapter 28: A Tragic Day in May
Chapter 29: The New York Visitation
Chapter 30: Around the World Tour
Chapter 31: The First Apostle
Chapter 32: Winter of Reckoning
Chapter 33: The Last Days of John Alexander Dowie
Chapter 34: Memorial Message by Judge V. V. Barnes
Chapter 35: A Half-Century Passes
About the Author:
Gordon Lindsay, born in Zion Illinois in 1906, was greatly influenced by the powerful healing and miracles he witnessed. After a powerful conversion to Christ, he quickly began to study the Word and start his ministry. In 1937, he married his wife, Freda. In 1948, he started a monthly publication called The Voice of Healing, which was sent around the world to inform believers of the miracles that were happening during the tent meetings of the great revivalists in the 1950s and 1960s. In 1970, Gordon and Freda co-founded Christ for the Nations Institute, a Bible school that is designed to teach the uncompromising Word of God and how to be led by the Spirit. He has authored over 250 books/booklets that have been distributed to disciple believers all over the world.
