. Notable men of Illinois & their state . wailing people, to protect the innocent from certain financial wreck, andif possible, save the situation. On the advice of counsel, the people were fully advised of the situation,and April 1, 1906, with practically one voice, Deputy General OverseerVoliva was asked to lead them and Zions affairs, and at the same time it wasdemanded that Dr. Dowie, by reason of his mental and physical condition,should be retired. Acting upon the suggestion of a few of his Dowie attempted to prevent this action, and all Zion was soon in themidst of a war o
. Notable men of Illinois & their state . wailing people, to protect the innocent from certain financial wreck, andif possible, save the situation. On the advice of counsel, the people were fully advised of the situation,and April 1, 1906, with practically one voice, Deputy General OverseerVoliva was asked to lead them and Zions affairs, and at the same time it wasdemanded that Dr. Dowie, by reason of his mental and physical condition,should be retired. Acting upon the suggestion of a few of his Dowie attempted to prevent this action, and all Zion was soon in themidst of a war of supremacy. Dr. Dowie appealed to the courts. The. ADMINISTRATION BUILDING contentions of those who sought the retirement of Dr. Dowie and the sub-stitution of Deputy General Overseer Voliva were sustained. A receiver,however, was appointed at the instance of non-Zion creditors, and every-thing belonging to Zion was turned over to the receiver in July, 1906. Even when the receiver was in charge. General Overseer Volivaswork was not confined to the ecclesiastical field. He realized that as leaderof a people who regard all of lifes activities sacred it devolved upon him toaccomplish the dissolution of the receivership. Zion had to be reconstruct-ed. It was an imperative necessity. From his viewpoint the age, andChristianity itself, demanded it. The receiver has been discharged. Gen-eral Overseer Voliva is in charge of both branches of his church, temporaland spiritual. Practically bankrupt when the property was turned overto him. the holdings of the church to-day in Zion City approximate in valueone million five hundred thousand dollars
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