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THE RESURRECTION
Now you know that if you take a grain of wheat or a grain of Indian corn, and plant it in the ground, it seems to have no life, but after it has been in the ground some days, the moisture of the ground causes the grain or seed to decay, and a new life to be given it, and out of that decayed and perishing seed springs up another grain or seed, exactly like those you planted. This is what St. Paul says, "That which thou sowest is not quickened (that is, has no life) except it die, and thou sowest not that grain which shall be," but it shall bear grain or seed just the same as what
