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John Alexander Dowie (seen in the picture above with his wife Jane) was born in Scotland in May of 1847. He was a shorter man of approximately 5'4".
You will notice that in all pictures with others he'll either be standing or sitting so that the height differential would not be noticeable. His father, John Murray Dowie, was a tailor and part time preacher. In 1860 his family immigrated to Australia, and moved to the town of Adelaide.
Dowie became a member of the Congregational church, and decided he wanted to enter the ministry.
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He went to the University of Edinburgh to study. While there he was exposed to the teachings of Edward Irving, who had been a student there. Irving believed that cessassionist theology was wrong, and the gifts were still available to the church today.
Upon graduation he returned to Australia, and became pastor of a Congregational church at a small town, about 50 miles from Adelaide.
In 1876 he moved to Sydney and
