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My spirit could not reach up to his, but he gave me a real sense of joy in life, and I never left him without carrying away a fine thought that grew in beauty and depth of meaning as I grew. Once, when I was puzzled to know why there were so many religions, he said: "There is one universal religion, Helen—the religion of love. Love your Heavenly Father with your whole heart and soul, love every child of God as much as ever you can, and remember that the possibilities of good are greater than the possibilities of evil; and you have the key to Heaven." And his life was a happy illustration of this great truth. In his noble soul love and widest knowledge were blended with faith that had become insight. He saw
虽然我的精神境界无法达到他那样的高度，但是他确实让我领悟到了什么叫做真正快乐的生活。在我成长的过程中，没有他的悉心教诲，我就不会明了杰出思想的魅力和其深邃的内涵。记得有一次，我对世界上竟然存在着如此多的宗教十分不解。布鲁克斯主教对我说道：“天地间只有一种宗教，海伦——那就是爱的宗教，用你全部的心灵去爱你的天父，尽你的一切可能去爱每一个神的孩子，要时刻牢记，正义的力量终将会战胜邪恶，懂得了这个道理，你便得到了进入天堂的钥匙。”事实上，他的生活正是这种伟大真理的完美写照。在他崇高的博爱思想和广博的学识之中，已经被深深地融入了信仰的力量。他看到了——
God in all that liberates and lifts,
在人类争取解放和自由的过程中，神无处不在，
In all that humbles, sweetens and consoles.
在所有卑微者面前，神会施与伤者爱的援手
Bishop Brooks taught me no special creed or dogma; but he impressed upon my mind two great ideas—the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man, and made me feel that these truths underlie all creeds and forms of worship. God is love, God is our Father, we are His children; therefore the darkest clouds will break and though right be worsted, wrong shall not triumph.
布鲁克斯主教传授给我的并非特殊的信条或教义，但是他把两种伟大的观念赐给了我——神的父亲般的慈爱，以及人的兄弟般的情谊。我以为，这些真理正是构成一切信条和崇拜形式的基础。神是爱，神是我们的父，我们是他的孩子。有了这样的信念，即使是最黑暗的云也会被吹散，而且，这里也不会有罪恶与不义的容身之地。
I am too happy in this world to think much about the future, except to remember that I have cherished friends awaiting me there in God's beautiful Somewhere. In spite of the lapse of years, they seem so close to me that I should not think it strange if at any moment they should clasp my hand and speak words of endearment as they used to before they went away.
在这个世界上，我是感到如此地快乐，以至于很少考虑到未来；但是有一件事我永远记在心里——我所珍爱的友人们正在神创造的爱的国度里随时迎候我。尽管失散多年，但是他们似乎就在我的身边；假如在某一时刻，他们抓住我的手，如同以往一样对我说着贴心话，那么我是不会感到丝毫惊奇的。
