...manufactures, no mines, none of the customary English resources for competence. The women are like the lilies of the field — they toil not, neither do they spin ; aud yet no one seems to want any thing. They dress well, often exquisitely ; they live in a round...

...authority of the Sacred Writers upon its side, and even our Saviour himself gives it the weight awl the solemnity of his example. " Behold the lilies...the beauty of a single flower, and draws from it the delfghtful argument of confidence in God. He gives us to see that taste may be combined with piety,...

...piety from the works and the appearances of nature : it has the authority of the sacred writers on its side, and even our Saviour himself gives it the...not, neither do they spin, /yet your heavenly Father caretli for them !' He expatiates on the beauty of a single flower, and draws from it the delightful...

...continually cry for bread. It teaches them to imitate those saints on 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 all his glory. In fine — it teaches a lesson, which indeed they...

...can be 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 in the nineteenth psalm ; but it is similar...

...cry continually for food: it teaches them to imitate those saints on 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, it teaches a lesson, which indeed they might...

...cry continually for food. It teaches them to imitate those saints on 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, it teaches a lesson which indeed they might...

...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...

...thing of life." So a greater authority than Lord Byron has given his testimony on this subject : « . c I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these." Shakspeare speaks...

...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 speaks...