SOME Christians were speaking about their individual sinful propensities. Said one, “The root needs grubbing up.” “No,” replied another, “that is impossible, for self will be self to the end of the story; our evil nature cannot be got rid of; the natural heart will remain the same to the end; but the Spirit of God can and does prevent the evil propensity from coming out, and what we have to do is to keep the shoots from sprouting—to keep continually cutting them down—through the Spirit, to mortify the deeds of the body.”