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title: 'This Presbyterian pastor was also a noted poet of his day — here are his volumes of poetry.'
type: post
author: 'Caleb Cangelosi'
date: 2017-09-18
url: https://confessional.org/blog/2017-this-presbyterian-pastor-was-also-a-noted-poet-of-his-day-here-are-his-volumes-of-poetry
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# This Presbyterian pastor was also a noted poet of his day — here are his volumes of poetry.

Samuel Jones Cassels was a Georgia native who pastored First Presbyterian Church in Macon from 1836-1842. While pastor, his wife and infant son died. His volume of poetry, *Providence and Other Poems*, was the first volume of poetry published in the state of Georgia. After leaving the state for other pastorates for a season, he returned when his health declined. He published two more books of poems, as well as a book on infant baptism, and a book proving Jesus was the Christ and the papacy of Roman Catholicism was the anti-Christ. All of his writings can be found [here](/authors/samuel-jones-cassels).