Charles Sumner: “Has not the Saviour himself told us that what we do to the least we do…”

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Has not the Saviour himself told us that what we do to the least we do to Him?

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Massachusetts

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Sumner invokes a biblical principle about the treatment of the least among us as a reflection of one's treatment of the divine.

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Charles Sumner: “Has not the Saviour himself told us that what we do to the least we do to Him?”