Mordecai Wyatt Johnson Quotes

The time is past when Christians in America can take a long spoon and hand the gospel to the black man out the back door.

Mordecai Wyatt Johnson

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• The time is past when Christians in America can take a long spoon and hand the gospel to the black man out the back door.

  

  Mordecai Wyatt Johnson
  • America
  • Christian
  • Justice