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A stage of dying must come over the plant before the new leaves can grow and thrive. A STAGE OF DYING MUST COME OVER THE PLANT BEFORE THE NEW LEAVES CAN GROW AND THRIVE
there together, one new-born and feeble, the other strong with an earlier growth. "The flesh lusteth against the spirit and the spirit against the flesh," and the will power is distracted between the two, like the sap that flows partly into the old condemned leaves, partly into the fresh buds. Consequently there is the strife of a kingdom divided against itself: sometimes the one life grows and flourishes, sometimes the other; sometimes they struggle on side by side, till the cry is forced out--"Oh, wretched man that I am; who shall deliver me?" And here again, when the point of self-despair is reached, and we come to see that our efforts after holiness are as vain as our efforts after acceptance with God, the door of escape opens afresh. For there is glory be to God, a definite way out from the prison life of sruggling and failure, sinning and repenting, wherein many a soul beats its wings for years after the question of pardon has been settled. And that way is again the way of death. IS HEART THE TWO LIVES ARE THERE TOGETHER ONE NEW BORN AND FEEBLE THE OTHER STRONG WITH AN EARLIER GROWTH THE FLESH LUSTETH AGAINST THE SPIRIT AND THE SPIRIT AGAINST THE FLESH AND THE WILL POWER IS DISTRACTED BETWEEN THE TWO LIKE THE SAP THAT FLOWS PARTLY INTO THE OLD CONDEMNED LEAVES PARTLY INTO THE FRESH BUDS CONSEQUENTLY THERE IS THE STRIFE OF A KINGDOM DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF SOMETIMES THE ONE LIFE GROWS AND FLOURISHES SOMETIMES THE OTHER SOMETIMES THEY STRUGGLE ON SIDE BY SIDE TILL THE CRY IS FORCED OUT OH WRETCHED MAN THAT I AM WHO SHALL DELIVER ME AND HERE AGAIN WHEN THE POINT OF SELF DESPAIR IS REACHED AND WE COME TO SEE THAT OUR EFFORTS AFTER HOLINESS ARE AS VAIN AS OUR EFFORTS AFTER ACCEPTANCE WITH GOD THE DOOR OF ESCAPE OPENS AFRESH FOR THERE IS GLORY BE TO GOD A DEFINITE WAY OUT FROM THE PRISON LIFE OF STRUGGLING AND FAILURE SINNING AND REPENTING WHEREIN MANY A SOUL BEATS ITS WINGS FOR YEARS AFTER THE QUESTION OF PARDON HAS BEEN SETTLED AND THAT WAY IS AGAIN THE WAY OF DEATH
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