1860 HENRY VAN DYKE. Abolitionism Not Christian and Slavery Commended by Scripture. Divine Healing at the Risque of our

at the Risque of our Lives and Fortunes

The text is Revelation 19

Brooks challenged Burlingame to a duel

& let thy heart cheer thee in the days of they youth

Mentions Finney and Foote

1860 HENRY VAN DYKE. Abolitionism Not Christian and Slavery Commended by Scripture. Divine Healing at the Risque of ourOne of the oddest productions regarding abolition on the run up to the Civil War. Van Dyke, a noted Presbyterian divine, argues not only that the character of abolitionism was extreme and at times un Christian, a position held by many, but that abolition itself was a blasphemy, since slavery itself was instituted in Scripture and promoted, blessed, and regulated through the Bible. He just sort of goes "all in." The work was widely distributed. Whether