On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
The poor have the gospel preached to them, in this neighborhood, only when they are able to pay for it.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
Source
gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “The poor have the gospel preached to them, in this neighborhood, only when they are able to pay for it.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass criticizes the mercenary nature of religious outreach in slaveholding communities, where the poor are denied the gospel unless they can afford it.
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