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title: 'Fentress: Jesus Knows Your Name'
type: post
author: 'R. Andrew Myers'
date: 2025-11-10
url: https://confessional.org/blog/2025-fentress-jesus-knows-your-name
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# Fentress: Jesus Knows Your Name

“It is said that Pericles learned the name of every Athenian citizen, and that Cyrus learned the name of every soldier in his army. The wisdom of such a plan is evident. Each man was made to feel that he had a personal interest in the welfare of the State, and thereby his co-operation was secured in every public measure. What was prompted by policy in the statesman and general, has love for its ground with the Saviour of mankind; for Jesus knows the name of every disciple.” — [**William H. Fentress**](/authors/william-henry-fentress), “The Preciousness of Christ” in *Love Truths From the Bible* (1879), p. 16