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A true Biblical literalist (Original Post)
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Jan 2018
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PragmaticDem
(320 posts)1. I guess he died in a state of grace.
Lordquinton
(7,886 posts)2. No he died in the state of Maine
PragmaticDem
(320 posts)3. Wow to be in two states at the same time!
Sailor65x1
(554 posts)4. Schrdinger's Preacher??
Lordquinton
(7,886 posts)5. He could be in three
Depending on how familiar with Egypt he was.
PragmaticDem
(320 posts)7. Well played!
struggle4progress
(118,338 posts)8. I found a 1905 biography here:
http://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1108&context=books_pubs
It appears related to the decision, by the First Congregational Church of Bangor, to install a memorial plaque for Loomis in that year
On pp16ff, it indicates a dozen or so sermons of his were then still extant, and briefly discusses a few of them; but it does not there discuss his planned sermon on 2 January 1825, when he (pp29ff) fought his way uphill to arrive at the church through a heavy snowstorm, brushed himself off, sat down, then collapsed unconscious, dying shortly afterwards
According to the biography, at least part of the story appeared in The Bangor Register for Thursday 6 January 1825 and was taken by the author from a later hand-written eyewitness account; at this point, the biography does indicate he had planned to discuss the alleged text Jeremiah 28:16 but does not indicate whether the sermon was still extant
On first blush, this might seem striking (if true) but the death is not actually too mysterious: I have known middle-aged men who died suddenly after exerting themselves in cold weather
It appears related to the decision, by the First Congregational Church of Bangor, to install a memorial plaque for Loomis in that year
On pp16ff, it indicates a dozen or so sermons of his were then still extant, and briefly discusses a few of them; but it does not there discuss his planned sermon on 2 January 1825, when he (pp29ff) fought his way uphill to arrive at the church through a heavy snowstorm, brushed himself off, sat down, then collapsed unconscious, dying shortly afterwards
According to the biography, at least part of the story appeared in The Bangor Register for Thursday 6 January 1825 and was taken by the author from a later hand-written eyewitness account; at this point, the biography does indicate he had planned to discuss the alleged text Jeremiah 28:16 but does not indicate whether the sermon was still extant
On first blush, this might seem striking (if true) but the death is not actually too mysterious: I have known middle-aged men who died suddenly after exerting themselves in cold weather