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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. 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
fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone; but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit." It is the poured-out life that God blesses--the life that heeds not itself, if only other souls may be won. "Ask and it shall be given unto you" is one of God's nursery lessons to His children. "Give, and it shall be given unto you" comes further on. The reason is this:--that into 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, sucker and shoot, without going through the stripping and scattering that we have been watching. IPLYING EXCEPT A CORN OF WHEAT FALL TO THE GROUND AND DIE IT ABIDETH ALONE BUT IF IT DIE IT BRINGETH FORTH MUCH FRUIT IT IS THE POURED OUT LIFE THAT GOD BLESSES THE LIFE THAT HEEDS NOT ITSELF IF ONLY OTHER SOULS MAY BE WON ASK AND IT SHALL BE GIVEN TO YOU AS ONE OF GOD'S NURSERY LESSONS TO HIS CHILDREN GIVE AND IT SHALL BE GIVEN UNTO YOU COMES FURTHER ON THE REASON IS THIS THAT INTO 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
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