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Both [[F.F. Bosworth]] and Gordon Lindsay had connections to Alexander Dowie, who claimed he was Elijah.  Bosworth was the band director in Zion, Illinois in 1905 and 1906 as Dowie’s utopian empire crumbled. Charles Parham, one of the founders of the Azuza Street Revival and a member of the KKK, established Tent meetings in Zion in 1907.  Bosworth attended these meetings along with John G. Lake until the Zion Pentecostal revival fell apart after Parham was jailed.   
Both [[F.F. Bosworth]] and Gordon Lindsay had connections to Alexander Dowie, who claimed he was Elijah.  Bosworth was the band director in Zion, Illinois in 1905 and 1906 as Dowie’s utopian empire crumbled. Charles Parham, one of the founders of the Azuza Street Revival and a member of the KKK, established Tent meetings in Zion in 1907.  Bosworth attended these meetings along with John G. Lake until the Zion Pentecostal revival fell apart after Parham was jailed.   
 
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[[James Gordon Lindsay|Gordon Lindsay]] was born in Zion, Illinois.  Lindsay eventually worked with John G. Lake in establishing a the Divine Healing Mission in Portland, Oregon.   
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[[Gordon Lindsay]] was born in Zion, Illinois.  Lindsay eventually worked with John G. Lake in establishing a the Divine Healing Mission in Portland, Oregon.   


It is likely through connections with F.F. Bosworth and Gordon Lindsay that William Branham learned the doctrine that Elijah would come before the second coming.  It didn’t take long before William Branham became convinced that he was that Elijah.   
It is likely through connections with F.F. Bosworth and Gordon Lindsay that William Branham learned the doctrine that Elijah would come before the second coming.  It didn’t take long before William Branham became convinced that he was that Elijah.