The Reverend Mr. Beveridge runs the church in Coila, Matthias’s childhood village in New York State. The Reverend Mr. Beveridge is a strict and punishing Calvinist. He believes that in order to be morally good, every family must obey the eldest man (or father figure, who’s the master of the household) at all costs.
Reverend Mr. Beveridge Quotes in Kingdom of Matthias
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Chapter 2: Robert Matthews
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In 1835, an enterprising Manhattan journalist disclosed that, as a boy, Robert Matthews had his own conversations with supernatural spirits and impressed his friends with feats of clairvoyance. […] It is even more likely that when the adult Matthews began having visions years later, he would have instinctively trusted that they came from God.
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Reverend Mr. Beveridge Quotes in Kingdom of Matthias
The Kingdom of Matthias quotes below are all either spoken by Reverend Mr. Beveridge or refer to Reverend Mr. Beveridge. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 2: Robert Matthews
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In 1835, an enterprising Manhattan journalist disclosed that, as a boy, Robert Matthews had his own conversations with supernatural spirits and impressed his friends with feats of clairvoyance. […] It is even more likely that when the adult Matthews began having visions years later, he would have instinctively trusted that they came from God.
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