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118 elevated to the Lord by every truth we gain with regard to Him. Our characters grow stronger in the study of his nature and character. We become regenerate, and thus fulfil the destiny for which we were born, by learning the truths He gives us in his Word and by living in their light. We become spiritual minded by coming into their spirit. "Let the waters bring forth" means, therefore, in the language of spiritual symbolism, "Let the truths you have gained bring forth their appropriate results." You have learned much, it is now time you live much. You have arrived at a stage of regeneration where the truths you have acquired must become living truths.

This shows the importance of penetrating to their utmost depths, so far as in us lies, the Divine truths we gain. While it is a fact that truth, without a correlative leading on to life, is worthless and dead, it is also a fact that the more truths with regard to the Lord and eternal life we can acquire, the more we will be enabled to live spiritually, regeneratively, usefully.

So it is said, "Let the waters bring forth abundantly." The broader the waters the greater the abundance of life they can bring forth and support. The broader our field of spiritual truth, the broader the field of useful, and therefore spiritual, works we will find spreading forth to view. Indeed, the