Premillennialism in the nineteenth century

Dutch immigrants once held fervent beliefs: Premillennialism spread at the end of the nineteenth century, Zionism soon became influential,
and the Fundamentalist movement began around 1914. Then over one hundred years ago the Great War changed everything ...
The one hundredth year anniversary of Rev. Fles passing into glory was March 29, 2021.  Myself.

This web page is undergoing a temporary transition/contruction phase that may affect whether it works or not.
Meanwhile if you want to read a short (6 pages of main text plus end notes for it) version of my current Rev. Fles paper, please use this link to a version saved on the Internet Archive!
https://dn721301.ca.archive.org/0/items/rev-ji-fles-lifesketch-3/short_updated_official_ji_fles_bio.pdf.
Possibly working better is this link to the long (cover page, 34 pages of main text plus supplemental material and many more end notes) version of it stored there?!
https://dn721301.ca.archive.org/0/items/rev-ji-fles-lifesketch-3/Rev-JI-Fles-lifesketch-3.pdf.
   A quick and easy story about Rev. John Rottenberg. I hope the short format is suitable for "this hero who gave up his life for the sake of the Jewish people."
Calvin University has more nice pictures, apparently they are not available as digital files though.

Rev. Fles in Muskegon, perhaps around 1900

John and Johanna Fles

Rev. Fles and family, probably before 1900

Parsonage in Pella, IA around 1912. Minnie and Hermine, Rev. De Leeuw and Nell, Johanna, grandson John, Rev. Fles

Possibly in that parsonage

Fles had a playful side.

In the 1888 CRC Synod he showed his serious side.

Aalten NL

The SS Rotterdam was a year old in 1873

Presbyterian Church in Cedar Grove, WI.

Old Scholte church in Pella, IA.

Zeeland, MI.
Follow the road your ancestors took, and
you will find peace.
Jer. 6:16

Zeeland anniversary party on August 31, 1887 is mentioned in the story.

After interurban street train reached Zeeland in 1901

Unknown funeral in Zeeland Cemetery from between 1900 & 1910

The old North Street church

North Street C.R.C. in Zeeland, MI.

First C.R.C. (in 1891 before fire) in Muskegon, MI.

First C.R.C. and parsonage (after fire) in Muskegon, MI.

The Chicago Hebrew Mission in 1891

Open air meeting in West side Chicago "Jewish quarter"

World's Fair in Chicago in 1893

The German Kaiser in Belgium in 1914

British General Allenby enters Jerusalem in 1917, during Hanukkah

Rev. Fles in Muskegon, perhaps around 1900
John and Johanna Fles
Rev. Fles and family, probably before 1900
Parsonage in Pella, IA around 1912. Minnie and Hermine, Rev. De Leeuw and Nell, Johanna, grandson John, Rev. Fles
Possibly in that parsonage
Fles had a playful side.
In the 1888 CRC Synod he showed his serious side.
Aalten NL
The SS Rotterdam was a year old in 1873
Presbyterian Church in Cedar Grove, WI.
Old Scholte church in Pella, IA.
Zeeland, MI. Follow the road your ancestors took, and you will find peace. Jer. 6:16
Zeeland anniversary party on August 31, 1887 is mentioned in the story.
After interurban street train reached Zeeland in 1901
Unknown funeral in Zeeland Cemetery from between 1900 & 1910
The old North Street church
North Street C.R.C. in Zeeland, MI.
First C.R.C. (in 1891 before fire) in Muskegon, MI.
First C.R.C. and parsonage (after fire) in Muskegon, MI.
The Chicago Hebrew Mission in 1891
Open air meeting in West side Chicago "Jewish quarter"
World's Fair in Chicago in 1893
The German Kaiser in Belgium in 1914
British General Allenby enters Jerusalem in 1917, during Hanukkah