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A gentleman who went up in a balloon said that as he arose the fences that divided the country into fields and farms faded out, until soon he saw only one great, wide, beautiful landscape of meadow and field and forest, with river and stream shining in rich loveliness beneath the pure skies.
So it is as we rise nearer to God in love and faith and Christian experience. The fences that divide God’s great church into ecclesiastical fields and farms fade out, until at last they vanish altogether and we see only one wide, holy, Christly Church. We are all one – thank God for that. The accidents of denominationalism are but of small account in comparison with the love of Christ, the cross, the Bible, the sacraments, which we all have in common. Let us learn to love one another as Christians. Love soon breaks down the fences. Let us help one another and comfort one another.