Religion: In Zion

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. . . .

In Zion, Ill. one night last week Rev. Finis J. Dake read these words, the ten first in the Bible, from his pulpit in small Christian Assembly Church. He continued reading, through Genesis into Exodus. After four hours he stopped. A Mr. Slutz mounted the pulpit, went on where Mr. Dake left off. Two hours later a young woman started in on Leviticus. On & on the reading went, a monotonous drone which was broadcast outside the church with loudspeakers....

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