We must be careful not to judge the religious experience of others too quickly and yet be ready to submit every form of spiritual life to the norm of the spirit and life of our Lord Jesus Christ.

In an evocative and provocative way Harriet Beecher Stowe focused the attention of her reader on the "sympathies of Christ/' to show that where these sympathies were manifested among whites and blacks, God was present, manifesting his power, liberating all in bondage.