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It does not follow that every seed will spring up: it is not so in the natural world. The plant's business is to scatter it, not withholding, not knowing which shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good; once scattered, the responsibility is transferred to the ground that receives it. But the aim of the plant  the goal of all the budding and blossoming and ripening  is that every seed should carry potential life. IT DOES NOT FOLLOW THAT EVERY SEED WILL SPRING UP IT IS NOT SO IN THE NATURAL WORLD THE PLANT'S BUSINESS IS TO SCATTER IT NOT WITHHOLDING NOT KNOWING WHICH SHALL PROSPER EITHER THIS OR THAT OR WHETHER THEY BOTH SHALL BE ALIKE GOOD ONCE SCATTERED THE RESPONSIBILITY IS TRANSFERRED TO THE GROUND THAT RECEIVES IT BUT THE AIM OF THE PLANT THE GOAL OF ALL THE BUDDING AND BLOSSOMING AND RIPENING IS THAT EVERY SEED SHOULD CARRY POTENTIAL LIFE
dy to let the self-life go, God the Holy Ghost can come and dwell and work unfettered; and by that indwelling He will manifest within us His wonderful Divine power of communicating vitality--of reproducing the image of Jesus in souls around. It is true that it is a rule that sometimes has exceptions: there are those to whom a blessed life of fruitfulness to God comes in a simple way, with seemingly no hard process of dying involved, just as there are plants that reproduce themselves by bulb and tuber, sucker and shoot, without going through the stripping and scattering that we have been watching. But the law of creation is "the herb yielding seed and the fruit-tree yielding fruit after its kind, whose seed is in itself." And let us count it all joy if this law is carried out in us. "If it die, it bringeth forth much fruit." Whether it is laid down in toil among the lost, or in travail of soul among His children that Christ be formed in them, either way there will be life brought forth.  THE BEING THAT IS READY TO LET THE SELF LIFE GO GOD THE HOLY GHOST CAN COME AND DWELL AND WORK UNFETTERED AND BY THAT INDWELLING HE WILL MANIFEST WITHIN US HIS WONDERFUL DIVINE POWER OF COMMUNICATING VITALITY OF REPRODUCING THE IMAGE OF JESUS IN SOULS AROUND IT IS TRUE THAT IT IS A RULE THAT SOMETIMES HAS EXCEPTIONS THERE ARE THOSE TO WHOM A BLESSED LIFE OF FRUITFULNESS TO GOD COMES IN A SIMPLE WAY WITH SEEMINGLY NO HARD PROCESS OF DYING INVOLVED JUST AS THERE ARE PLANTS THAT REPRODUCE THEMSELVES BY BULB AND TUBER SUCCOR AND SHOOT WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THE STRIPPING AND SCATTERING THAT WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING BUT THE LAW OF CREATION IS THE HERB YIELDING SEED AND THE FRUIT TREE YIELDING FRUIT AFTER ITS KIND WHOSE SEED IS IN ITSELF AND LET US COUNT IT ALL JOY IF THIS LAW IS CARRIED OUT IN US IF IT DIE IT BRINGETH FORTH MUCH FRUIT WHETHER IT IS LAID DOWN IN TOIL AMONG THE LOST OR IN TRAVAIL OF SOUL AMONG HIS CHILDREN THAT CHRIST BE FORMED IN THEM EITHER WAY THERE WILL BE LIFE BROUGHT FORTH
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