 | 1838 - 786 pagini
...The kingdom of heaven is like unto a grain of mustard-seed, which a man took and sowed in his field, which indeed is the least of all seeds ; but when...of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof." Matt. xiii. 31, 32. That this parable was intended to set forth the small beginning of Christianity... | |
 | John Pring - 1838 - 588 pagini
...grain of mustard seed (particularly): which a man took, and sowed in his field : which is indeed the least of all seeds ; but when it is grown, it is the...of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof." (Matt. xiii. 31, 32.) The grain of mustard seed was in the earth, and no where else before it was sown,... | |
 | American Education Society - 1839 - 744 pagini
...usefulness. It has been like the grain of mustard-seed, to which our Lord compares the spread of the gospel, which indeed is the least of all seeds, but when it...of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof. When a few praying individuals, (only eight in number,) under the special guidance, we doubt not, of... | |
 | Thomas William B. Aveling - 1840 - 296 pagini
...Scotia ; to New Brunswick ; and to Newfoundland. Thus is Methodism " like the grain of mustard-seed, which indeed is the least of all seeds; but when it...of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof. " How beautifully applicable to 15 Methodism are the words of the Psalmist ! " Thou hast brought a... | |
 | George Mogridge - 1840 - 136 pagini
...The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field : which indeed is the least of all seeds : but when...of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof," Matt. xiii. 81, 32. And if we consider the mustard seed spoken of, the same as that which produces... | |
 | John James - 1840 - 946 pagini
...'*•" dom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which* man took, and sowed in his field : which indeed is the least of all seeds : but when...of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof. „ Rdigious principle9 ^ ^M "'Another parable spake he to leaven, or be mixed with,mn unto them ;... | |
 | 1840 - 448 pagini
...heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field; which is indeed the least of all seeds; but when it is grown, it is the...of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof. Matt. xiii. 31. This ought to cheer and stimulate all the advocates of our righteous cause, and induce... | |
 | 1841 - 586 pagini
...The Kingdom, of Heaven is like to a grain of mustard-seed, which a man took and sowed in his field; which, indeed, is the least of all seeds, but, when...of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof," verses 31, 32. The natural history of this passage requires a remark. When it is said, that mustard-seed... | |
 | Charles Spear - 1841 - 416 pagini
...kingdom. When he was among men, it was like the mustard seed, 'which is * Col. i. 19. f Isa. «. 7. the least of all seeds, but when it is grown, it is the...of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.' ' His kingdom,' says Dr. Griffin, in an Address before the American Education Society, ' his kingdom... | |
 | 1853 - 588 pagini
...is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field, — which is indeed the least of all seeds — but when it is grown it is...of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof." The kingdom of Christ was small at its commencement ; but it has gone on increasing until its members... | |
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Which indeed is the least of all seeds ; but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof. 
