...any of them may be, thro' the deceitfulnets of fin ; that it may fpring up fpeedily, and grow, fird the blade, then the ear, and after that the full corn in the ear, a goodty and plenteous harveft of the fruit ofrighteoufnefs, to the glory of thy great name by...

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...virtue, and every learned and moral accomplishment ; bringing forth from the good ground of religion, first the blade, then the ear, and after that the full corn in the ear. Nor let us drop thi« instructive allusion, till we have brought our minds to a serious contemplation...

...zeal. But in a general way, it is small in its beginning. The soul resembles the field where we see " first the "blade, then the ear, and after that the full corn in the ear." God could instantly produce the fruits of the earth in their maturity, but we know from the event...

...and the seed should spring, and grow up, he knoweth.not how. So the earth bringeth forth of herself, first the blade, then the ear, and, after that, the full corn in the ear. But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because th.e harvest...

...the showers and of the sunshine — but Thou wast pleased to bless the springing thereof: and we saw, first the blade, then the ear, and after that the full corn in the ear. We hailed the ralleys standing thick with corn, and heard the little hills rejoicing on every...

...There is to be hue upon line — precept upon precept — here a little and there a little— tirst the blade, then the ear, and after that the full corn in the ear. Among the Cherokees and Choctaws the church members are but poorly qualified (o give religious...

...improvement, from this wide diffusion of general knowledge : and faith can see, in the distance, " first the blade, then the ear, and after that the full corn in the ear," growing thickly over the fields where the divine seed is thus profusely strown. The Abb6 Dubois...

...improvement, from this wide diffusion of general knowledge : and faith can see, in the distance, " first the blade, then the ear, and after that the full corn in the ear," growing thickly over the fields where the divine seed is thus profusely strown. The Abb6 Dubois...

...Jesuit." London : J. Nisbet and Co. IN His striking parable of the sower, our Lord said, "There is first the blade, then the ear, and after that the full corn in the ear ;" and the apostle Paul, in writing to his son Timothy, speaks of babes, young men, and fathers."...