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decays ; but if you build anything around 

 life, it will be broken in pieces by growth. 

 There is a divided Christendom, because 

 those called Christian arc without the di- 

 vine life. Where the spirit is, there will 

 be essential unity. Nature is the garment 

 of spirit. I love to observe the variety of 

 manifestation which the spirit assumes in 

 the physical creation, — in flowers, in forests, 

 in grasses, in ferns, in fishes, in birds, in all 

 the races of man, in all forms of matter, so 

 that there is a veritable universe. The 

 Church may assume as many different 

 forms as the creation, but with the spirit 

 indwelling it will always be a universe. 

 Let the spirit of God organize its own 

 body. 



IV. Only as there is spiritual unity can 

 the kingdom of God be advanced either at 

 home or abroad. The kingdom is the form 

 which the spirit assumes. It was Jesus 

 Christ, because the spirit was in him ; to- 

 day it is all in whom the spirit dwells. 

 What is needed is that measure of co- 

 operation which shall prevent division of 

 energy ; make lack of comity impossible ; 

 never allow the building of churches, the 

 sending of missionaries, the spending of 



