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Journey to the End of the Earth: William Seymour Jackson by Dave and Neta Jackson
Journey to the End of the Earth: William Seymour Jackson by Dave and Neta Jackson
Stand alone novel
Summary:
Jerry Newman doesn’t mean to keep getting into trouble—it just sort of happens. But when a practical joke goes wrong, burning down a church in his small east Texas town, Jerry’s widowed mother quickly sends him to live with his journalist uncle in Los Angeles. Jerry is secretly pleased—not only to avoid being punished for his crime but also to live in California . . . the end of the earth!
On the night before the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, Jerry and his uncle go to investigate a popular warehouse church in Los Angeles. There, they hear a man predict the coming quake. But Jerry is even more impressed by the powerful preacher, William Seymour, and by the hundreds of blacks and whites worshiping and praying together in strange “tongues.” Jerry wants to believe Seymour’s message, but will he do so when it means confessing his dangerous secret?
A SIMPLE MESSAGE THAT SHAKES THE WORLD . . .
On the night before the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, Jerry and his uncle go to investigate a popular warehouse church in Los Angeles. There, they hear a man predict the coming quake. But Jerry is even more impressed by the powerful preacher, William Seymour, and by the hundreds of blacks and whites worshiping and praying together in strange “tongues.” Jerry wants to believe Seymour’s message, but will he do so when it means confessing his dangerous secret?
A SIMPLE MESSAGE THAT SHAKES THE WORLD . . .
Opening Lines:
For as long as I can remember, my mama used to say, "Gerald Fredrick Newman, if'n you don't straighten up, I'm gonna ship you off to the end of the earth." Well, I guess she's finally gone and done it. She put me on the train this very morning--April 3, 1906, a real red-letter day as far as I'm concerned. I'm on my way to Los Angeles, California, right on the edge of the Pacific Ocean--nearly the end of the earth to her. But if you ask me...well, I never let on what I really thought of going to California to stay with my uncle Thomas.
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