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The True Vine:
Meditations for a Month on John 15:1-16
By Rev. Andrew Murray
"The mystery which hath been hid from ages, but now is made manifest to His saints: to whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery...which is Christ in you, the hope of glory." -- Colossians 1:26,27
MOODY PRESS
CHICAGO
PREFACE
CONTENTS
Chapter 1. The Vine
Chapter 2. The Husbandman
Chapter 3. the Branch
Chapter 4. The Fruit
Chapter 5. More Fruit
Chapter 6. The Cleansing
Chapter 7. The Pruning Knife
Chapter 8. Abide
Chapter 9. Except ye Abide
Chapter 10. The Vine
Chapter 11. Ye the Branches
Chapter 12. Much Fruit
Chapter 13. You can do nothing
Chapter 14. Withered Branches
Chapter 15. Whatsoever ye will
Chapter 16. If ye abide
Chapter 17. The Father Glorified
Chapter 18. True Disciples
Chapter 19. The Wonderful Love
Chapter 20. Abide in my Love
Chapter 21. Obey and Abide
Chapter 22. Ye, even as I
Chapter 23. Joy
Chapter 24. Love one Another
Chapter 25. Even as I have loved you
Chapter 26. Christ's Friendship: its Origin
Chapter 27. Christ's Friendship: its Evidence
Chapter 28. Christ's Friendship: its Intimacy
Chapter 29. Election
Chapter 30. Abiding Fruit
Chapter 31. Prevailing Prayer
ONLY A BRANCH
"I am the vine, ye are the branches."--John 15:5
"Tis only a little Branch,
A thing so fragile and weak,
But that little Branch hath a message true
To give, could it only speak.
"I'm only a little Branch,
I live by a life not mine,
For the sap that flows through my tendrils small
Is the life-blood of the Vine.
"No power indeed have I
The fruit of myself to bear,
But since I'm part of the living Vine,
Its fruitfulness I share.
"Dost thou ask how I abide?
How this life I can maintain?--
I am bound to the Vine by life's strong band,
And I only need remain.
"Where first my life was given,
In the spot where I am set,
Upborne and upheld as the days go by,
By the stem which bears me yet.
"I fear not the days to come,
I dwell not upon the past,
As moment by moment I draw a life,
Which for evermore shall last.
"I bask in the sun's bright beams,
Which with sweetness fills my fruit,
Yet I own not the clusters hanging there,
For they all come from the root."
A life which is not my own,
But another's life in me:
This, this is the message the Branch would speak,
A message to thee and me.
Oh, struggle not to "abide,"
Nor labor to "bring forth fruit,"
But let Jesus unite thee to Himself,
As the Vine Branch to the root.
So simple, so deep, so strong
That union with Him shall be:
His life shall forever replace thine own,
And His love shall flow through thee.
For His Spirit's fruit is love,
And love shall thy life become,
And for evermore on His heart of love
Thy spirit shall have her home.
Freda Hanbury
PREFACE
I have felt drawn to try to write what young Christians might easily apprehend, as a help to them to take up that position in which the Christian life must be a success. It is as if there is not one of the principal temptations and failures of the Christian life that is not met here. The nearness, the all-sufficiency, the faithfulness of the Lord Jesus, the naturalness, the fruitfulness of a life of faith, are so revealed, that it is as if one could with confidence say, Let the parable enter into the heart, and all will be right.
May the blessed Lord give the blessing. May He teach us to study the mystery of the Vine in the spirit of worship, waiting for God's own teaching.
CONTENTS
Preface
The Vine John 15:1
The Husbandman John 15:1
The Branch John 15:2
The Fruit John 15:2
More Fruit John 15:2
The Cleansing John 15:2
The Pruning Knife John 15:3
Abide John 15:4
Except Ye Abide John 15:4
I the Vine John 15:5
Ye the Branches John 15:5
Much Fruit John 15:5
You can do Nothing John 15:5
Withered Branches John 15:6
Whatsoever ye Will John 15:7
If ye Abide John 15:7
The Father Glorified John 15:8
True Disciples John 15:8
The Wonderful Love John 15:9
Abide in My Love John 15:9
Obey and Abide John 15:10
Ye, even as I John 15:10
Joy John 15:11
Love One Another John 15:12
Even as I have Loved You John 15:12
Christ's Friendship: Its Origin John 15:13
Christ's Friendship: Its Evidence John 15:14
Christ's Friendship: Its Intimacy John 15:15
Election John 15:16
Abiding Fruit John 15:16
Prevailing Prayer John 15:16
Typed by: Kathy Sewell ksewell@gate.net
August 7, 1997
This book is in the public domain
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