Not St. Paul only, but all the Apostles and Evangelists, were
continually contemplating the heavenly glory of a brotherhood of men
in full harmony with each other because all joined to Christ, of men
walking in humility and meekness and love, endeavoring to keep the
unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is nothing in such an
ideal less suited to us to-day than to the Christians of the first age.
For ourselves, and for our neighbors and fellow-men, this hope should
be in our hearts, this Divine ideal before our eyes. Let us believe
that it is the Divine purpose, and that we are called to the fulfilment
of it.