 | Frederick William Robertson - 1881 - 252 sivua
..."yet it abideth not alone." He spake, too, of the corn, and its many lessons—its gradual growth, first the blade, then the ear, and after that the full corn in the ear; also of its various lots and vicissitudes, sometimes to be cast on dry and stony ground, sometimes... | |
 | 1881 - 532 sivua
...by day, and disturb his repose at night, yet in due season he is rewarded for his toil ; first comes the blade, then the ear, and after that the full corn in the ear. "When we see that, and behold the corn in its ruddy ripeness, bowing its head, inviting the reapers,... | |
 | Joel Tiffany - 1881 - 470 sivua
...of the earth and its kingdoms would be defeated. In all forms of unfolding and perfecting, there is first the blade, then the ear, and after that, the full corn. If immortality belonged to the condition of the blade, the ear could never be produced ; if to the... | |
 | William Garden Blaikie - 1883 - 152 sivua
...it consists of identically the same particles that composed the former body. The plant that showed first the blade, then the ear, and after that the full corn in the ear, is undoubtedly the same living thing as the seed it sprang from ; yet how different it is ! The... | |
 | Lucy C. Skey - 1884 - 172 sivua
...so that a soul seems at once to rise to the full perception of its destiny. At other times there is first the blade, then the ear, and after that the full corn in the ear. The conversion of St. Paul is a type of the one ; the call of St. Peter, the model of the other.... | |
 | Martha Perry Lowe - 1884 - 630 sivua
...minister as preacher. Later in the mouth he becomes re-animated, and preaches twice, — once on " First the blade, then the ear, and after that the full corn in the ear ; " and on " All the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come." He chronicles... | |
 | Orestes Augustus Brownson - 1884 - 604 sivua
...but when it is grown the greatest among herbs'; or, like the growth of grace in each individual soul, 'first the blade, then the ear, and after that the full corn in the ear.' " "The Gospel, it is true, is a divine message. Yet, as the language in which it is made is human,... | |
 | M. E - 1884 - 136 sivua
...death there springs up a germ of life. The tender blade pierces the ground and grows up into " first the ear, and after that the full corn in the ear." There must be death first, and corruption first; and then — only then— there will be life and harvest.... | |
 | 1844 - 666 sivua
...objects, its internal struggles and conquests ; by which it grows up into Him in whom it lives, showing first the blade, then the ear, and after that the full corn in the ear. Thus far we have spoken only of those vital natures which are individual. But the same law holds... | |
 | William Jackson - 1885 - 410 sivua
...up again. Then the grain, which seems hopelessly dead, shall be quickened and put on a new raiment : first the blade, then the ear, and after that the full corn in the ear. Our human sowing has, in like manner, its Autumn and its Spring. We sow works and words, inward... | |
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Him in whom it lives, showing first the blade, then the ear, and after that the full corn in the ear. 
