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The Kingdom of Matthias: A Story of Sex and Salvation in 19th Century America was written by Paul E. Johnson and Sean Wilentz. The book captures many realistic events that occurred during the early 19th century. Including one man’s story, Robert Mathews, in which this book focuses most of its attention on. I found myself more interested in this book than I had expected. To really learn and understand the way of life at that time was fascinating. I will further describe this book in the following paragraphs. During the time of Elijah Pierson and Robert Mathews, America was going through a tremendous change. This change we know to be the market revolution. It was a time when people began investing their money and stared new businesses that would jump-start the economy. People looked to themselves for truth and acceptance. Some would succeed while others would fail. The latter would be Robert Mathew’s fate. He would never succeed much when it came to business. Although he was a carpenter he could rarely keep a job because Mathews would lecture his workmates with the graces of God. Telling them not to drink and to become one with the Lord. Elijah Pierson, however, was a successful businessman. H