and relied on reasoning: He said his task was to present the case for Christ as if a jury would then make a decision. Early in his career, Finney made it a point to criticize seminary education and scoffed at theology, but later he spent many years as a professor at Oberlin College and wrote two weighty volumes on systematic theology! Finney was a “Grahamite”—a follower of the popular health advocate Sylvester Graham, who taught that bad eating habits were as “sinful as drinking alchohol.” Oberlin