The Rod in Pickle; or, An Answer to the Appeal of John Church, the Obelisk Preacher Containing an Authentic Narrative of the Cause of His Leaving Banbury, in Oxfordshire: Together With the Charges Exhibited Against Him, the Meeting of His Friends in Consequence of Those Charges, and the Result of That Meeting. To Which Are Added, His Letters, Written to the Managers of the Banbury Meeting-House, Begging Them Not to Let the Cause of His Dismissal Be Known in London.

"The Rod in Pickle; or, An Answer to the Appeal of John Church, the Obelisk Preacher" by Rev. T. Latham is a record from the 1800s that fires back at preacher John Church's version of events after he had to leave Banbury, Oxfordshire. The historic deep-dive likely wrestles with ideas of right and wrong, especially in religious circles, as the preacher faced some serious accusations. The story comes out as a breakdown of what John Church did wrong during his time preaching, which ended with him getting kicked out of his church. Latham shares letters, stories, and the results of meetings that show how Church acted improperly with boys - young people placed in his care. It's written that the preacher's supposed wrong doings got people riled up and led to him getting booted from town by townspeople. As Latham digs into the disgraced preacher's attempts to clear his name, the book looks hard at what his actions mean, drawing a complicated picture of a man dealing with the consequences of his bad choices.