In moral reform, Dr. Cheney was also a pioneer. He was an original abolitionist when an original abolitionist meant something. He was an original prohibitionist. He gave the first diploma ever given to a woman graduate from a New England Coeducational College. He opened the doors of Bates College to the colored man. He was a founder of the Republican party in Maine. He was again and again at the front in denominational matters in the Free Baptist churches in Maine and New England.