typical or spiritual meaning. One 
could write many chapters on the 
forms and habits of plants. For ex- 
ample: Corn is a type of Christ and 
His church. Christ is the center, the 
cob, around which all His people 
erow, and from which they receive 
their nourishment. The embryo 
grain of corn sends out its tiny silk, 
the hand of faith, and the wind, 
type of the Spirit, brings the pollen, 
life from above. The pollen grain 
sends its life down the long silk and © 
gives life to the embryo. No grain 
will develop unless it receives this 
life from the pollen. No person ever 
becomes a child of God except he 
be born again with life from above. 
The one who does not extend the 
hand of faith and lay hold on eter- 
nal life, withers away and is des- 
troyed. The whole ear of corn in- 
cluding the cob is protected by the 
husk. The church is just as safe as 
Christ Himself, and one believer 
just as safe as any other. Each grain © 
- is personally attached to the cob, 
but they are so closely associated 
that each one rE shape largely 
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