Against the stirring backdrop of the dawn of Kosmon and the Great Age of Spiritualism, Dr. John Ballou Newbrough is seen to enter the prime of life as compassionate physician and dentist, scholar, author, inventor, reformer/crusader, lecturer - and adept. The run-up to JB's "selection" as Oahspe amanuensis, as well as his development in character and in su'is, is chronicled carefully and in depth, clarifying various controversies surrounding the founder of modern faithism.Brought to light are Newbrough's intimate political and religious views, his frustrations and struggle to spearhead the Father's kingdom on earth, his successes and failures, his friends and enemies; but most of all his consummate faith in the face of lawsuits, low-grade mediums, mutinous colonists, ignorant pressmen, and more. A must-read for all Oahspe enthusiasts!.