The innate will of every person is for perfection. As we do this we learn that it is not a duty, but man's highest privilege to love his enemies, and to pray for those who persecute and despitefully use him. For in loving them we exalt the highest in ourselves, and at the same time help to free them from negative, harmful emotions. Love is the universal solvent. Pity is not the way to release.
Pity accepts the condition.
Compassion understands and absolves it. The marvel of the human spirit is the ability to establish our identity with the highest. Years ago Evelyn Underhill phrased it in some of the most beautiful words that have ever been written. We travel from October to April from coast to coast, meeting with united prayer groups in the larger cities. One of the significant facts about these groups is their ability to rise above differences in theology.