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Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 08:48:46 PDT
From: "Beth A. Salerno" <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: Reply:  George B. Cheever's Fire and Hammer of God's Word

Date: Thursday, September 16, 1999 14:14:12
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Actually George Cheever was a controversial character all around.
Within his  own church he was noted for his uncompromising response
to anyone who  disagreed with him.  His bitter invective left a church
that was sorely  divided at the end of his pastorship.  Cheever's
anti-Catholicism was among  the more vitriolic of the antebellum era.

Robert York's biography of Cheever is old, but it is still a good judicious
appraisal.  I treat Cheever partially in my book.

Leo Hirrel