For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live.
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Men prey upon their fellow-creatures: by despising the poor they reproach their Maker. Such conduct is a disgrace to any, but who can sufficiently abhor it when adopted by professing Christians?
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This thought runs through Nehemiah 5:1-5.