1860 HENRY VAN DYKE. Abolitionism Not Christian and Slavery Commended by Scripture. Divine Healing This little poem will appear

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1860 HENRY VAN DYKE. Abolitionism Not Christian and Slavery Commended by Scripture. Divine Healing This little poem will appearOne 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