The First Vegetarian Supper under the Christian Dispensation (1897)
AUTHOR: Clubb, Henry Stephen
PUBLICATION: “The First Vegetarian Supper under the Christian Dispensation.” Food, Home and Garden Vol. I no. 5 (77) (March 1897): 76.
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KEYWORDS: food, morality, religion
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SUMMARY (Ridvan Askin, edited Deborah Madsen)
This short piece is an excerpt from Clubb's speech at the 1896 Thanksgiving banquet of the Chicago Vegetarian Society. Clubb singles out the Lord's supper as the first vegetarian banquet because it was a Christian event: “This was the first vegetarian banquet under the new dispensation, and it has been adopted in nearly all Christian churches and has superseded the animal sacrifice.” The excerpt is printed with a lush engraving specifically designed to accompany the text, and which emphasizes the claim that veg*ism is an eminently ethical practice based on the Christian “principles of humanity and kindness.”
Last updated on April 17th, 2026
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How to cite this page:
Askin, Ridvan. 2024. "The First Vegetarian Supper under the Christian Dispensation [summary]." Vegan Literary Studies: An American Textual History, 1776-1900. Edited by Deborah Madsen. University of Geneva. <Date accessed.> <https://www.unige.ch/vls/bibliography/author-bibliography/clubb-henry-stephens-1827-1921/first-vegetarian-supper-under-christian-dispensation-1897>.