...like unto leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.'* "And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man...how. For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself, • Matt. xiii. 31, 32,33. first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear : But...

...final victory* Our Lord alludes to this three-fold state of the church in his parable, Mark iv. 26. " And he said, So *' is the KINGDOM OF GOD, as if a...of herself; First, the " BLADE, then the EAR, after that the FULL CORK ** IN THE EAR." The same view of the gospel church is particularly given by the...

...in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens." The Lord saith, The Kingdom of God is as if a man should cast seed into the ground, and...fruit of herself, first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear ; hut when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he puttcth iu the...

...it to the ground, and then pursues his other business—and what can his anxiety do afterwards ? " So " is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast...spring and grow up, he " knoweth not how. For the earth briugeth forth fruit " of herself, first the blade, then the ear, after that the " full corn in the...

...that word of our Lord, in Mark iv. 16, 17, wat strikingly realized," So is the king.dom of God ; as it a man should cast seed into the ground, and should...seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how." About Christmas 1803, it pleased the Lord to visit her with a disor. der of the pulmonary kind, which...

...rapid success did not attend their labours. " So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast need into the ground, and should sleep, and rise night...fruit of herself, first the blade, then the ear, after that the iull corn in the ear. But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he pattern m the sickle...

...by the growth of corn, the origin, growth, and perfection of this righteous and christian character. And he said, so is the kingdom of God, as if a man...brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come. Mark 4. 26. 29. How perfectly consonant is this parable to the subject...

...No. 65. MAY, 1859. VOL. VI. SERMON BY THE REV. CHAUNCEY GILES. (From The New Jerusalem Messenger.) " And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man...brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come." — Mark iv. 26 — 29. ONE of the greatest obstacles to the reception...

...exhort their brethren to do so likewise, from the truth contained in the following parable : — " ' So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast...brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.' — Mark iv. 26 — 29. "And your Committee feel that they cannot better...

...obvious intention of our Lord, in the parable before us; wherein he says, " The " kingdom of God is as if a man should cast seed " into the ground ; and...brought forth, immediately he " putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is "come*." By the expression, " when the fruit is brought forth," we are to understand,...