'*
[Footnote]
* Sherman Hoar, who after a brilliant public and professional career,
gave his life to his country by exposure in caring for the sick soldiers
of the Spanish war.
[End of Footnote]
"The difference between Christian sects, like the difference
between individual Christians, is not so much in the matter
of belief or disbelief of portions of the doctrine of the Scripture
as in the matter of _emphasis._ It is a special quality
and characteristic of Unitarianism that Unitarians everywhere
lay special emphasis upon the virtue of Hope. It was said
of Cromwell by his secretary that hope shone in him like a
fiery pillar when it had gone out in every other.
"There are two great texts in the Scripture in whose sublime
phrases are contained the germs of all religion, whether
natural or revealed. They lay hold on two eternities. One
relates to Deity in his solitude--'Before Abraham was, I
am.' The other is for the future. It sums up the whole
duty and the whole destiny of man: 'And now abideth Faith,
Hope, and Charity,--these three.' If Faith, Hope, and Charity
abide, then Humanity abides.
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