| Frances Arabella Rowden - 1820 - 178 pages
...taught us to trace the protecting care of our Heavenly Father in the lily of the field. " Consider 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. " Wherefore... | |
| 1821 - 518 pages
...earn. It directs the minds of men to an entire reliance on the ruling power of the state, who feed the ravens of the royal aviary, that cry continually...the pension list, that are like the lilies of the field—they toil not, neither do they spin, and yet are arrayed like Solomon in his glory. In fine,... | |
| 1821 - 510 pages
...summer's pride, &c. 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... | |
| Charles Phillips - 1822 - 434 pages
...ruling powers of the state, who feed the ravens of the royal aviary that continually cry for bread. It teaches them to imitate those saints on the pension...do they spin, and yet are arrayed like Solomon in all his glory In fine, it teaches a lesson, which indeed they might have learned from Epictetus, that... | |
| Joseph Clinton Robertson - 1822 - 206 pages
...aviary, that cry continually for food. It teaches them to imitate those saints on the pension list, who are like the lilies of the field ; they toil not,...do they spin, and yet are arrayed like Solomon in all his glory. In fine, it teaches men a lesson which indeed they might have learned from Epictetus... | |
| Henry Grattan - 1822 - 436 pages
...the ravens of the royal aviary, that cry continually for food. It teaches them to imitate those samts on the pension list, that are like the lilies of the field — iney tod not, neither do they spin, and yet are arrayed like Solomon in his glory. In fine, it... | |
| Thomas Chalmers - 1822 - 398 pages
...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... | |
| 1819 - 996 pages
...feerieth them : art thon not much better than they ? And why takest thou thought for raiment ? consider the lilies of the field, they toil not, neither do they spin ; and yet Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. And shall he not much more clothe... | |
| Thomas Paine - 1822 - 254 pages
...known, is related to have heen f-poken hy Jesus Christ, as a remedy against distrustful cure. " Behold the lilies of the field, they toil not, neither do they spin." This, however, is far inferior to the allusions in Joh, and in the 10th Psalm; hut it is similar in... | |
| William Grisenthwaite - 1825 - 314 pages
...known, is related to have been spoken by Jesus Christ as a remedy against distrustful care. " Behold the lilies of the field, they toil not, neither do they spin." This however is far inferior to the allusions in Job, and the nineteenth Psalm ; but it is similar... | |
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