...presence of the spirit of the Gospel. ^ HORTICULTURAL ILLUSTRATION OF JOHN xv. 2. " Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away : and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit" MOST of the illustrations of Scripture are susceptible of general,...

...my mind, altogether differently from what it ever looked before. John, xv. 2.—" Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh away; and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit." I had always conceived that this passage was a principal one...

...individual disciples—' I am the true vine; and my father is ' the husbandman. Every branch in me, that ' beareth not fruit, he taketh away; and every ' branch, that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that ' it may bring forth more fruit.' The work of sanctification then, my christian friends, is...

...of the vine Christ says, " I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in tne that beareth not fruit he taketh away ; and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit V In the same parable he says to his disciples, " I am the vine,...

...true vine, (they are the oi-ds of Christ himself) and my Father is the husbandman. Eveiy branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh away : and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it that it may bring forth more fruit. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in...

.... From the Congregational Magazine. HORTICULTURAL ILLUSTRATION OF JOHN xv. 2. " Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away : and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit." MOST of the illustrations of Scripture are susceptible of...

...between him and his disciples. " I am the vine, and my Father is the husband m!tit. " Everv branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away ; and every branch that beareth fruit he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. " Now ye are clean through the word -which I have spoken unto...

...exclaim to his disciples, " I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh away; and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. Now, ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto...

...T/ie Gospel. St. Jobn.xv. 1. Am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every of branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh away; and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgelh it, that it may bring forth more fruit. Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken...

...keepeth not my sayings. And in the next chapter, over and over; ver. 2. Every branch in me that bcarcth not fruit, he taketh away ; and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it. Ver. 8. Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit, so shall ye be my disciples. Ver....