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[294] 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.