“At exactly fifteen minutes past eight in the morning, on August 6, 1945, Japanese time, at the moment when the atomic bomb flashed above Hiroshima, Miss Toshiko Sasaki, a clerk in the personnel department of the East Asia Tin Works, had just sat down at her place in the plant office and was turning herContinue reading ““A Noiseless Flash”*”
Tag Archives: Zion Illinois
“Search the Scriptures” – John 5:39
I have a full bookcase of religious books, perhaps 250 volumes. It is a very interesting section of the library. There are several specific sub-collections in that religious bookcase. For example, I grew up in Zion Illinois. It was founded by a religious man-John Alexander Dowie. He was a Pentecostal preacher, faith healer, and selfContinue reading ““Search the Scriptures” – John 5:39″
May 25 “Salvation, Healing, and Holy Living”
Happy birthday to John Alexander Dowie (born May 25, 1847), founder of Zion. I have a bunch of books and history about Dowie and the history of Zion, Illinois, and thought to show a few unusual ones. First, I have an illustration from a bound copy of the Century Magazine, October of 1902. Dowie wasContinue reading “May 25 “Salvation, Healing, and Holy Living””
Librarytomes 