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Show [gc [rue hlli.'j.Sion of ?:(.'ibrrtl),. IF Liberty were to go on a pilgrimage all over tltc earth, Rho would .f1nLl a home in every ]Jousr, and a 'rclcomc in every hcmt. None would reject the favors she otTers if brought to thciL' own doors. Sure and prornpt as the impulses of instinct, c\·cry bosom would open to admit her and her blessings, but-wl1en her gospel is proeln.imed ns a common bounty to all the world,-whcn she is seen visiting and feasting with publicans and sinners, and sitting with her unwashed disciples in familiar and loving companionship, Crosar and the synagogue arc alike alarmed anJ emaged. When she is found daily in tl1c marketplace and on. the mountain-top, in the hamlet and on the highway, ministering to the multitude, healing and feeding them,-showing the same love nnd reverence for humanity in. every variety of conditions, and 'r ll U E MISSION OF LIn E llTY. 170 however disguised or dcgraclcd,-thc cruelty of caste and the bitterness of bigotry straightway take counsel among themselves how they may destroy her. Ilea,·cn l>elp us! Divided as we nrc, into the hating and the hated, the oppressors and the opprc~ scrl, "·c b::tvc settled .il, somehow, that we arc of ncec>Sify at \\·nr with each other-that the welfare of one in SOJnC w:ty dcponds upon the wrctchcdncRs of another. l [ow much madness and misery would be ::;pnrcd if we could. in any 'ray learn that we arc brethren. |