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1 Introduction: Reconfiguring Sainthood1
I A Power above Ourselves 9
1 "And They Had No Comforter": John Brown
and the "Everlasting Negro" Question 11
2 John Brown's Heritage 20
3 Revival, Resistance, and Abolition in the Time
of John Brown 30
II A Good Cause and a Sovereign God 43
4 The Early Years: Autobiography and History 45
5 Millennial Hopes, Abolitionist Awakenings 57
6 "This Path of Life": From Ohio to Pennsylvania 68
III Providence and Principle 81
7 Citizen Brown's Calvinist Community 83
8 The Pursuit of Success and the Disappointments
of Providence 95
9 Of Vows and Tears 108
IV In Times of Difficulty 121
10 Belted Knights and Practical Shepherds 123
11 "We Are Tossing Up and Down" 136
12 The Practical Shepherd in Springfield 146
V Big Difficulties and Firm Footholds 161
13 A Cold and Snowy Canaan Land 163
14 "So We Go": Failed Ventures and
Disappointing Outcomes 177
15 "All the Encouragement in My Power" 189
VI Enduring Hardness 203
16 Ohio and Beyond 205
17 "Kansas the Outpost": An Overview 216
18 Pottawatomie and the Fatherless 223
VII I Will Raise a Storm 237
19 "The Language of Providence" 239
20 "This Spark of Fire" 252
21 "My Public Murder" 264
Epilogue: A Saint's Rest 279
Notes 285
Selected Bibliography 335
Index 345
About the Author 349