God’s work of grace in the soul

(Letters of John Newton)
“The soil produces grain–
  first the blade,
  then the stalk, and
  then the ripe grain on the stalk.”
    Mark 4:28
The Lord compares the usual method of growth in grace–to the growth of grain, which is perfected by a slow and almost imperceptible progress.
The seed is hidden for a time in the soil; [...]

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