| James Hough - 1824 - 334 pages
...them as the first sprouting of that " 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." It is the beginning of that leaven to ferment, " which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal,... | |
| Christopher Benson - Apologetics - 1824 - 500 pages
...Heaven." said he,' " 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 it...of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof." Now the field is the world—the grain of mustard-seed is the Gospel, and the man that sowed it, is... | |
| James Hough - Christianity and other religions - 1824 - 338 pages
...them as the first sprouting of that " 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." It is the beginning of that leaven to ferment, " which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal,... | |
| Christopher Benson - 1824 - 500 pages
...Heaven." said he,' " 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 it...of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof." Now the field is the world—the grain of mustard-seed is the Gospel, and the man that sowed it, is... | |
| John Bird Sumner (abp. of Canterbury.) - 1824 - 454 pages
...of heaven," he said, " 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 10." And in another comparison, he describes, with astonishing accuracy, the way in which it should... | |
| James Hough - Christianity and other religions - 1824 - 552 pages
...sprouting of that "grain of mustard-seed, which a man took and sowed in his field : which, in: deed, is the least of all seeds ; but when it is grown,...of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof." It is the beginning of that leaven to ferment, " which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal,... | |
| 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... | |
| 1824 - 588 pages
...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,...of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof. Now this comparison does not at first sight appear to have alt that propriety which it really has.... | |
| Ray Potter - Religion - 1824 - 468 pages
...Testament, which have been mentioned. Jesus Christ has foretold this. by the following parables. — " Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The...grain of mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field. Which indeed is the least of all seed*: But •when it is grown, it is the greatest among... | |
| Raja Rammohun Roy - Unitarianism - 1824 - 824 pages
...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...among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in thq branches thereof. Another parable spake he unto them ; The kingdom... | |
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