Wherever there is good, in whatever Samaritan or heathen we may see
kindness and the fear of God, there we are to welcome it and rejoice in
it in our Father’s name.
There is no respect of persons with God, no acceptance of any man on
account of his religion or his profession; under whatever religious
garb, he that loveth is born of God, he that doeth righteousness is
born of God. There is no danger in being ready to appreciate simple
goodness and to refer it to the working of the Divine Spirit wherever
we may find it; there is the greatest danger in failing to appreciate
it. This is doctrine of unquestionable Divine authority, which we may
often have opportunities of putting into practice. Let us remember to
cherish it in all our dealings with those who do not belong to our
own church. Let us be afraid lest nature and the flesh should make us
intolerant and unsympathetic; let us be sure that Christ and the Spirit
would win us to modesty and reverence and sympathy.