 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 it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and...  The Quarterly Review - Page 70edited by - 1863Full view - About this book
 | Theology - 1824 - 314 pages
...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." The operations and eft'ects of moral truth have commenced uponi very small scale; and, of course, the... | |
 | Ray Potter - Religion - 1824 - 468 pages
...foretold this. by the following parables. — " Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed,...sowed in his field. Which indeed is the least of all seed*: But •when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and \>ecometh a tree; so that the birds... | |
 | Samuel Stennett - Baptists - 1824 - 506 pages
...heavens d. Or like a grain of mustard-seed, which is the least of all seeds, but when it is grown, is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree;...of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof e. And hence our Saviour, in great compassion to his young afflicted disciples, compares them to a... | |
 | Philomathic institution - 1824 - 522 pages
...and spreading tree, which, though it derive its origin from apparently so insignificant a grain, " is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree,...of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof." Educated at home, from the sickly habit of his infancy, it appears that he was deficient in the tuition... | |
 | Christianity - 1822 - 768 pages
...scot to them at some future day, and the other part will remain hereto !>•; cnlti vat, nl. This " indeed is the least of all seeds : but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becomes a tree that birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof." Should any Christian... | |
 | 1824 - 588 pages
...Verse of the 13th Chapter of St. Matthew. .' OUR Lord compares the spreading of his .Gospel : kingdom " to a grain of mustard, seed, which a man' took and sowed in his field," which indeed is the smallest of all seeds; but, when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree,... | |
 | Thaddeus Mason Harris - Nature in the Bible - 1824 - 474 pages
...iv. 31 ; Luke, xiii. 19; and xvii. 6. A well known garden herb. Christ compares the kingdom of heaven to " a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in the earth, which indeed, said he, is the least of all seeds, but when it is grown, is the greatest... | |
 | 1824 - 448 pages
...the human heart, compares it to the grain of mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his field; but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometk a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof." Page 8. ILon&on:... | |
 | William Carpenter - Bible - 1825 - 698 pages
...parable put he forth unto them, saying. The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard-seed, which a man took and sowed in his field : Which indeed is...of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof, Matt. xiii. 31, ЭЛ. It is like a grain of mustard-seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, U lese... | |
 | Robert Morehead - Sermons, English - 1825 - 480 pages
...parable put He forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of Heaven is like to a grain of mustard-seed which a man took and sowed in his field ; which, indeed, is...of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof, IN these very remarkable and prophetic words, He, who first sowed the seed of the Gospel, has described... | |
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