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 age of  dogmatism  is  past,  and  to-day  is  the  era  of love  and  benevolence. To preach  to  a  sinner,  even to convince  him,  is  little  gained,  but  do  him  an  act of kindness  through  love  of  God  and  immediately you persuade  him  into  virtuous  action. For man's soul,  illumined  merely  by  the  mind,  is  like  a  bright midwinter day,  cold  and  unproductive;  warmed  by the  heart,  it  resembles  a  lively  summer  scene,  rich and fruitful. Such fruit  indeed  is  being  daily  produced by  this  latest  phase  of  Christianity,  this  religion of  the  heart,  that  to-day  it  is  the  basis  of  the Church's fondest  hopes  and  sweetest  consolation. See the  immense  throng  of  our  separated  brethren, what sacrifices  they  endure  for  Christ's  sake,  their boundless charity  to  the  poor  and  ignorant  at  home and abroad,  their  ever-ready  sympathy  with  the  ills of suffering  humanity. Whence comes  the  undeniable goodness  of  these  people? Whence their  success? They succeed  because  theirs  is  a  religion  entirely of  the  heart  which  suits  the  spirit  of  the  age. Have they  the  true  faith? They lack,  alas! one half of it,  their  minds  being  darkened  by  heresy,  but  they possess, thank  God! the other  and  more  essential half — they have  a  Christlike  spirit  of  love  in  their hearts. The Church,  I  say,  is  consoled  and  rejoices, for she  foresees  salvation  for  the  majority  of  even her erring  children,  remembering  that  charity  covereth  a  multitude  of  sins,  and  that  the  Lord  judgeth not as  man  judgeth,  for  the  Lord  looketh  on  the heart. The Church  rejoices  again  because  in  this  religion of  the  heart  she  sees  begun  a  solution  of  those