Gift Shop

Welcome to our On-Line Gift Shop!

Can't make it to our Museum & Gift Shop?
This is the next best thing!

Due to staffing and health issues the gift shop will be closed till further notice

Please Call (269) 925-1601, M-F, 1-5PM
For Information or to make an Appointment

The giftshops: "Arts and Objects" are TWO entire buildings of items not found anywhere else with a wide variety of interests ranging from Old furniture/collectibles, COLONY MADE items, AREA HISTORY, Popular culture from the 1920s-1950s, Collectible advertising, LIFE MAGAZINES, BASEBALL memorabilia, Hollywood images, Resort linens from the 1930s-1960s, Old and unique TOOLS, Automobile collectibles, LP-records, Odds n' ends from the resort era, Post cards, RARE BOOKS, VINTAGE JEWELRY, DISH and GLASS WARES, BLOSSOMTIME HISTORY PIX, DANCE art and magagazines, DAUGHTERS OF THE TREE OF LIFE ARTWORK AND LITERATURE, Original artwork by colony member R. James Taylor B.F.A. San Francisco Art Institute 1973, and more.

Below you will find many interesting items from our past as well as our present. Browse, order, or call us with any questions you may have - we'd love to hear from you.

All items from our Gift Shop are available
via secure on-line ordering using PayPal.

International Orders | By-Mail Orders

International Orders:

With the exception of the items listed below, we will not accept payments for nor send items internationally. Look for this icon when ordering:

The following are available for BOTH USA & WORLD ordering:

New Shiloh Messenger subscription; First Rudiments of Israel's Faith; Preacher's Book; The Soul; Questions and the Ingathering of Israel; Mary and Benjamin's Travels; Washington's Vision; Jane Lead, Ascent to the Mount of Vision; and A Letter From Home, Mary Purnell.

By-Mail Orders:

If you would prefer to mail your check or money-order to us, please mail your payment to the following address:

Mary's City of David - Order Processing
PO Box 187, Benton Harbor, MI 49023-0187
Please Make Checks Payable to Mary Purnell

If you are a Michigan Resident, please add 6% Sales Tax to your order total.

Mary's City of David - A Pictorial History

Mary's City of David
A Pictorial History

This fascinating story behind the famous Israelite community began in 1903. Benton Harbor, Michigan was the location chosen by Mary and Benjamin Purnell to begin their communal order. The House of David order attracted a worldwide following, produced a legendary baseball team, two traveling jazz bands (amongst the best in the 1920s), and built the premiere "pre-Disney" amusement park in mid-America.

This fascinating story is printed on the finest enamel paper with duo-tone reproductions for the highest quality available, and will surely become a collector's treasure, and a reference tool for the curious and the serious. Fully illustrated with more than 250 documents and photographs, this deluxe, 11" x 14", 181 page show piece from one of America's oldest and most famous communal societies will become a valuable reference tool for libraries, students and scholars. This large and colorful volume will also be an exclusive collectible for the casual reader's bookshelf, or displayed as a conversational piece of Americana.

All copies purchased via this on-line special
will also include the author's autograph!

Only $30.00
Includes Shipping & Handling

Crown of Thorns, House of David Victory and Legal Troubles Reviewed

By Francis Thorpe, in 1929, this is an invaluable text from the Israelite's first Secretary in 1905, who would be part of the triumvirate that went to Lansing to win the House of David appeal in the Michigan State Supreme Court in 1929. Thorpe gives a concise and accurate overview of the decade of legal troubles the House of David would endure and finally, at the end, would win a crucial victory in the State's Highest Court.

Only $15.00
Includes Shipping & Handling

200 Years, Joanna Southcott-1792 through the City of David 1992

Reviewing the history of the seven churches of Israel at the latter day in commemoration of the 200^th year and the completion of the 200 year library at Mary's City of David.

11" x 8.50" bound brief, 142 pg.

Only $15.00
Includes Shipping & Handling

Joanna Southcott "The Woman Clothed With The Sun"

The latest and most responsible treatise to date on Joanna Southcott. It is a treasure of Southcott information on her life, prophetic work, influence upon the religious climate of her times and importantly, her legacy to the Christian-Israelite movement. This is a must for collectors, students and researchers of the House of David.

Frances Brown, 2002, Lutterworth Press, Cambridge, England, 352 pages.

Only $15.00
Includes Shipping & Handling

The New Shiloh Messenger

The New Shiloh Messenger is a monthly publication containing tracts from the writings of Mary and Benjamin Purnell and features writings from the other six messengers and scriptural references.

The monthly paper is now in the format of a news letter using the same source of materials.

Yearly subscription.

Only $25.00
Includes Shipping & Handling

Shiloh's Wisdom

Shiloh's Wisdom is a three volume set outlining the Israelite faith/explanation of the scriptures in detail, preparatory to the covenant message of the Star of Bethlehem.

Only $15.75
Includes Shipping & Handling

We offer the following informative booklets for a nominal fee:

First Rudiments Of Israel's Faith