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Great ls Mirza GlzulamAhmad The Messiah FORE'tOLD PATHETIC END OP DOWIE, AND :-/OW m: PREDICl'S PLAGUE, rt. OOD A. . 'll'D E. \RTHQUA. KE Jolm AlazaDdar Dowle, born In Edlnbmgh 1847, founder and UDCIOwned lr:IDo ol Zion City , rtch IDduWiall8t. bitter ~' of l8laln announced In LEAVES OF HEALING (hill paper): "l8lam and Muhammadan!- must be dMtlopd' (May 26 1900). Ho also clalmod t. o bo EUjab - by Juua. Sept 1902: Hazrat Aqdu (the Proamed Mealllah, si- be on him) pointed out \be falso. bood of Dowlo'• c:lalm. that It WU Hazrai Aqdu hlm8olf whom God Almlgbtf bad cnmmtqlmed u the Prom!9ed Menlah, cbaI!anged Dowle t. o prayer duel: maf God dNtJUy the tai. e clalmam wl%hln the llf&. tlme of the otber. On 14 "9b 1903 Dome aid ID bl8 paper 'O God da. tzoy 181am' but ran away fmm the cballmlge. 23 Aug 1903 tho Promi-1 u-iab and Mahdi 8(18ln cballangod Dowle t. o prayer duel t. o praf t. o God t. o d88Uof the tai. . clalmant wlthln the llf&. . t!ID9 al the otber. Many USA 'papers 1!ke Dunvllle Gazette, Utercy Dlgwt, BurllDgton Pkae Preu, Aiggaaut publldad the dabaut. Att. the~ - wrote Tbe Oadlan man predlc:tad If Dowle eocepted the cballenge be would die bafoxa (Ahmad) In tormem and If Dawle dadlDad decth awaited blm ju. t !he ame and Zlan would fall. THE 11lt1l'H BEICIER (June 15 1907) It - on:· -:n1 t. w • tl10 gra. nd prophecy Zion would :foll end Dowi would dio bofore Ahmad • The HERALD OF BOSTON wrote on June 23 1907; "Dowie died a miserable death with Zion city tom and frayed by internal dissensions. • Dowie before and after the grand prophecy of the Promised Messiah, peace be on him. Dowie is working up his audience(center). He also boasted of the then largest camera.