...greatness in others radiates. Who is so blessed among His creatures as herself ? They who live in palaces, and are " clothed in purple and fine linen, and fare sumptuously every day," expect the Messiah to be born among them ; but infinite Excellence can only find room for Himself where...

...into the Thames. " Threaten those things," said Elstow, smiling, " to the rich and dainty folk, which are clothed in purple and fine linen, and fare sumptuously every day, and have their chiefest hope in this world ; but we heed them nut — cay, we are joyful that for the...

...thrown to the heap of refuse, to bleach in the sun, and blacken in the rain, unnoticed by those who are clothed in purple and fine linen, and fare sumptuously every day whether you have a meal or not, till you are picked up and put into the Union, where harshness is higher...

...their darkened, hopeless lives, they look with bitter envy on those favoured ones of the earth, who are 'clothed in purple and fine linen, and fare sumptuously every day,' their hearts should be turned hard as the nether millstone towards the rich." " But, Philip, surely...

...a subject to live in so low an element. Those rich men who lay up earthly treasures, and those who are clothed in purple and fine linen, and fare sumptuously every day, — both classes are often, of all men, the most miserable. A rich man without grace, is generally...

...life verifies it. There are men who have chosen great riches as their best fortune. Like Dives they are clothed in purple and fine linen, and fare sumptuously every day, yet they are utterly without honor, because they lack a good name. Who that cares for honor and truth...

...wealth, — New York, where the Index is published, where so many of the profession dwell in palaces, are clothed in purple and fine linen, and fare sumptuously every day, has done nothing. Boston, — in its own conceit the Athens of America, — with its perpetual smile...

...not there ; He was not found by Dives : and' the daughters of His Church in England, who, like Dives, are clothed in purple and fine linen and fare sumptuously every day, are in greater danger of losing the "Pearl of great price," than others who, having fewer riches and...

...country. This creates distinctions between the many and the few : the many toil and suffer ; the few are clothed in "purple and fine linen, and fare sumptuously every day." This distinction creates aristocracies, and aristocracies cannot exist in a republic. Therefore, a...

...country. This creates distinctions between the many and the few : the many toil and suffer 5 the few are clothed in "purple and fine linen, and fare sumptuously every day." This distinction creates aristocracies, and aristocracies cannot exist in a republic. Therefore, a...