I think, also, that the things we are to be glad of and to be proud of and are to be thankful for are not those things that separate us from the great body of Christians or the great body of believers in God and in righteousness, but in the things that unite us with them.
Hoar emphasizes the importance of unity among Christians over doctrinal differences.
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