"Fire from the midst of you": a religious life of John Brown

Power above Ourselves

"And They Had No Comforter": John Brown and the "Everlasting Negro" Question

John Brown's Heritage

Revival, Resistance, and Abolition in the Time of John Brown

A Good Cause and a Sovereign God

The Early Years: Autobiography and History

Millennial Hopes, Abolitionist Awakenings

"This Path of Life": From Ohio to Pennsylvania

Providence and Principle

Citizen Brown's Calvinist Community

The Pursuit of Success and the Disappointments of Providence

Of Vows and Tears

In Times of Difficulty

Belted Knights and Practical Shepherds

"We Are Tossing Up and Down"

The Practical Shepherd in Springfield - Big Difficulties and Firm Footholds

A cold and Snowy Canaan Land

"So We Go": Failed Ventures and Disappointing Outcomes

"All the Encouragement in My Power"

Enduring Hardness

Ohio and Beyond

"Kansas the Outpost": An Overview

Pottawatomie and the Fatherless

I Will Raise a Storm

"The Language of Providence"

"This Spark of Fire"

"My Public Murder

Epilogue: A Saint's Rest.