...to mind the perishable nature of all earthly things in the memorable words of our SAVIOUR, Look at the lilies of the field, they toil not, neither do they spin, and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 63 most effectual...

...of life." So a greater authority than Lord Byron has given his testimony on this subject : " Behold the lilies of the field, they toil not, neither do they spin ; yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these." Shakspeare...

...the parties create nothing. I will not compare such delicate ladies to " stock upon a farm ;" but " like the lilies of the field, they toil not, neither do they spin." They do no work, they create nothing useful, they make come neither food nor raiment nor fuel nor bedding...

...of the air: they sow not, neither do they reap ; yet your heavenly Father i feedeth them. Consider the lilies of the field: | they toil not, neither do they spin ; yet Solomon ' in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the...

...earth, and yet how matchless ! Does not our Redeemer beautifully point it out, where he says, ' Consider the lilies of the field ; they toil not, neither do they spin ; and yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.' "...

...kinds of impurity, is of such quality that the king's stateliest robes cannot match it. " Consider the lilies of the field : they toil not, neither do they spin ; yet Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like unto one of these." Nay, they are even glad to...

...cry continually for food. It Caches them to imitate those saints on the pension list, that are "ke the lilies of the field ; they toil not, neither do they spin, yet are arrayed like Solomon in his glory. In fine, h teaches a lesson, which indeed they might have...

...Gospel of St. Luke, which is full of remarkable passages. " Consider," says St. Luke in this chapter, " the lilies of the field, they toil not, neither do they spin ; yet I say to you, that Solomon, in all his glory, was not equal to one of these. If God then so clothe...

...ruling power of the state, who feed the ravens of the royal aviary, that cry continually for food. It teaches them to imitate those saints on the pension list that are like the lillies of the field, they toil not, neither do they spin, and yet are arrayed like Solomon in his...

...its side, and even our Saviour himself gives it the weight and the solemnity of his example. " Behold the lilies of the field : they toil not, neither do they spin ; yet your heavenly father careth for them." He expatiates on the beauty of a single flower, and draws...