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 oneness, not by concession of the truth, but by agreement in the truth, by the casting out of all errors and unsound doctrine, by increase of true godliness and fervent charity. Let not this house be divided against itself, for we are brethren one of another,—“Behold, see, we beseech Thee, we are all Thy people.” “Thou, O Lord, art in the midst of us, and we are called by Thy Name; leave us not.”

But not only unite us. Lord, amongst ourselves,—unite us also, in Thine own good time and in Thine own way, with the rest of Christendom, with all other branches of the Universal Church. No word is impossible with Thee, for Thou canst do all things. Though the way to this union seem not to be open to us, yet should we pray that in due time it may be opened by Thy grace. Though it be a great mystery that Thou sufferest such divisions among Christian people, such a rending of part from part, such alienation of brethren, such corruption of doctrine in one part, such want of discipline in another, such coldness between the branches of the Church, the members of Thy Body, yet do Thou bring peace out of this confusion caused by the sins of men and contrary to Thy will. I pray “for the peace of Jerusalem,” that peace and truth may