...present? Then let there be no discouragement because as yet the blossom and the fruitage are not perfect. First the blade, and then the ear, and then the full corn in the ear. Thank God if the blade be peeping above the brown soil today. It is the prophecy and potentiality of...

...beneath the furrow, and the life below begins to move, and first the blade cometh up, and then the stalk, and then the Ear, and then the full corn in the Ear arises into light and growth beneath the silent touch of God. All is miracle and wonder and majesty,...

...these boys a chance, and they' have made use of it. That is the whole story. Self-Realization—"First the blade and then the ear and then the full corn in the ear." That is the normal process of human development; and the full corn is self-realization, and the crown...

...Lambeth Conference of 1908. He above all men sowed the seed which is sprouting now; by and by will come the ear, and then the full corn in the ear. In the Established Church, perhaps the first memorable word in favour of reunion — and, emphatically, in...

...eloquently expressed a few years ago by that great bishop of the Methodist church, the late Charles B. Galloway: "The right education of the negro is at...should be taught by negro teachers. In Charleston, SC, however, a contrary policy has long obtained. So unique is the educational experiment made in that...

...development of opposing forces and principles to full manifestation ; the development of the good seed, first the blade, and then the ear, and then the full corn in the ear ; the growth 1 Matt. xxi. 43. • Matt, xxiii. 13. from the seed to the harvest of wheat ; the growth...

...is a wondrous thing to plant a kernel and watch it spring up and bear fruit in a single season — first the blade, and then the ear, and then the full corn in the ear. We know that glory, too. But he who has not planted trees knows not the fullest joy of husbandry. For...

...of growth in the vegetable kingdom is according to orderly development. It must be first the blade, then the ear, and then the full corn in the ear. In the Heavenly Kingdom growth is after the same manner. It is first the "little children," then the "young...

...different harvest, the seed of the Gospel sown far and wide through these villages and growing up, first the blade and then the ear and then the full corn in the ear. Panhala was one of the first stations of this Western India Mission. A beautiful site was acquired...

...here detain us; or it may mean only the process referred to by our Lord when he said "First the blade, then the ear and then the full corn in the ear"; in other words, that life, consciousness, reasoning, and religion have come slowly by the necessary steps...