Dick Staub Sr.
The Lively Undertaker
September 2010
Alliance Life
“The President is dead.” At 10 a.m. on July 23, 1885, this somber message was handed to Stephen Merritt, undertaker. […]
A Startling Proposition
December 2009
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In 1868 A. B. Simpson’s editorial “Woman’s Commission” stated that while women were doing “a noble work” in supporting world […]
A Noise of Many Voices
September 2009
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A “loud noise of many voices” resounding through the Borneo wilds aroused the curiosity of newly arrived missionary John Willfinger. […]
A Man Called “Sunny”
August 2009
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Surprisingly, an Episcopalian Communion service was frequently observed at A. B. Simpson’s Gospel Tabernacle in New York City. Presiding—with the […]
Beautiful Feet?
April 2009
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In 1937, J. F. Wissel, surveying for an oil company above the central highlands of New Guinea, was startled by […]
"Mother" Suppes
March 2009
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Glancing through the evening paper, Jennie Suppes noticed that the government had purchased the Arrowhead Hotel as a rehabilitation home […]
A Rare Bird
December 2008
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“I think we should smuggle you out for a milkshake!” the distinguished man, familiarly called “Mac” by A. B. Simpson, […]
Two Men, One Vision
September 2008
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W. E. Blackstone has been called the “American Christian Father of Zionism.” In 1891, his “Blackstone Memorial,” signed by 400 […]