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In his dread description of the judgment day, Jesus Christ makes the distinction between saints and sinners to turn upon the fact, whether they have fed the hungry, clothed the naked, and visited those who were sick and in prison.
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Horace Mann
Free Soil · Massachusetts

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Mann reflects on Jesus Christ's teachings about moral judgment based on acts of compassion.

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