Godliness, in its estrangement from earth, and in its controversies, and in the treacherous and crippling alliance of the state, may seem to be unfriendly to brotherly kindness. And yet without fraternal affection to those bearing Christ's likeness, godliness cannot be perfect. It needs the brotherhood human and the brotherhood divine—the field of the church not only, but of the friendly band, of the household, and of the country, to develope its powers of good and to display its genuineness and celestial loveliness.

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