...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...

...Lord respecting the mustard tree. " The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field : which indeed is...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 the mustard...

...-: unto them, saying, The king- unto '*•" dom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which* man took, and sowed in his field : which indeed is...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 ;...

...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...

...effects they produce, they forcibly remind us of that beautiful parable of 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." But, casting theory aside, we will endeavor to demonstrate the advantages which not only the establishment...

...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...and lodge in the branches thereof. Matt. xiii. 31. This ought to cheer and stimulate all the advocates of our righteous cause, and induce them to spend,...

...him; the exposition of the others is easy, for they carry with them their own interpretation. " The Kingdom, of Heaven is like to a grain of mustard-seed,...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...

...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...

...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...

...strength, although for a time his progress may appear to he almost imperceptible. Jesus himself said, " The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard-seed,...of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof;" and again, "the kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures...