Fallows, Samuel. The Home Beyond or, Views of Heaven and its Relation to Earth, by Over Four Hundred Prominent Thinkers and Writers. St. Louis, Mo.: W. L. Holloway, 1886. [12029]
Near-fine gold cloth decorated in bright gilt & black, 9 x 6 1/4 inches, brown floral end papers, thin stain at top inside corrner of the title page. Portrait of the author as frontispiece, 511 clean pages with b/w plates and text illustrations, tight. Pages are toned at the edges. Very good. Hardcover.
An extensive compilation of original and selected writings on the Christian faith and life after death. Chapters: Man, Life, Death, the Dying, the Death of Children, Immortality, the Resurrection, Heaven, Recognition, Angelic Ministry, Saintly Sympathy [Saints in Heaven, their Interest and Communication with Us, Meeting them in Heaven].
The Rt. Rev. Samuel Fallows, D.D. (1835-1922), b. Pendleton, England; d. Chicago, Illinois. Fallows emigrated to the Wisconsin Territory with his family when a child, became a Methodist minister in 1858 and graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1859.
During the American Civil War he served as a Union chaplain and was chosen lieutenant colonel of the 40th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment. He was promoted to colonel of the 49th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment and was made brevet brigadier general in 1866 for his service during the war.
He returned to the ministry and was pastor of two of the largest Methodist congregations in Milwaukee during this period. His academic accomplishments found him serving both in educational and public capacities, including as State Superintendent of Public Instruction for the state of Wisconsin.
While president of Illinois Wesleyan University, in 1875 he joined the Reformed Episcopal Church and became rector of a church in Chicago. He was elected bishop and served for some 30 years in that capacity.
