1860 HENRY VAN DYKE. Abolitionism Not Christian and Slavery Commended by Scripture. Divine Healing Last 3 leaves not bound

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at the Risque of our Lives and Fortunes

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1860 HENRY VAN DYKE. Abolitionism Not Christian and Slavery Commended by Scripture. Divine Healing Last 3 leaves not boundOne 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