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.