Nor on External Conformity.

Neither is it along the lines of a dead uniformity, whether of Creed or polity, that Union will come. It is contrary to the analogy of God's world of nature, among plants, among animals, or among men. There is diversity amidst unity; and unity is found not in a monotone, but in a harmony. Each of the branches of the Church of Christ adds a distinctive note to the harmony, though at times the distinctive note, owing to the individual or denominational egotism, never so out of place as now, and more and more receding, may cause a jar, or even a scandal; but is this because there is too much of the truth that sanctities, or too little of the charity that edifies?