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To be sure, he can say that "it is difficult to isolate the true church of genuine believers for anyone who does not look into the heart" and that U"\[o\]nly God can look into the heart." But he can go on in the very next sentences to cite the teaching, "by their fruits ye shall know them," and then comment: "The contrasting fruits of humble and vain prayer are obvious to all" _(Essays in Applied Christianity:_ 117_)._ Surely, if the contrasting fruits of humble and vain prayer are so obvious, it can't be all that difficult to isolate the true church\!