Zachariah Matthews is twelve years old and lives on a farm in Michigan with his parents. The year is 1860. Pa is studying the Bible and something strange is going on in the barn. Author; Sandy Zaugg's book makes the story of our church's beginning come alive and will give the 9-12 age child a better grasp of what it means to be a Seventh-day Adventist Christian and of the impact of the Great Disappointment on our church.