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Nor is this nature transferable, 

 or to be extemporized. If no oil 

 is in my lamp when the moment 

 of the trial judgment comes, I am 

 helpless. Will or wish at the mo- 

 ment is not sufficient. If there 

 is no development of the inner 

 nature I am not a child of the 

 inner kingdom, and can not be 

 recognized by the Master. He 

 can never manifest Himself to 

 me. Many will say in that day: 

 " Lord, Lord, have we not proph- 

 esied in thy name? And in thy 

 name have cast out devils, and in 

 thy name have done many won- 

 derful works? " but who will not 

 have the spiritual nature which 

 alone is the recognizable visible 

 substance in the inner world. 



It is choice that exalts in the 

 spiritual ki ngdom, not birth . Out 

 of stones God can make children 

 of Abraham — on the physical 

 side; but even omnipotence and 

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