...things which the young, especially, are too apt to make the chief objects of their pursuit. ' Behold 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 !' We are told of the ivory steps by which he ascended his throne; of his...

...sparrows of the parable, We harvest not, and yet are fed. Third Voice. What said he more ? Second Voice. " The lilies of the field They toil not, neither do they spin, Yet all the robes that pomp and labour gild, And all the glorious garments wealth can win, E'en Solomon's...

...care for this also. They hear his voice, saying to them, " Why take ye thought for raiment ? Behold the lilies of the field ! They toil not, neither do they spin ; yet, I say unto you, that Solomon, in all his glory, was not arrayed like one of these ! " " Ye received,"...

...the air ; for they sow not, neither do they reap ; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Consider the lilies of the field ; they toil not, neither do they spin. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field which to-day is, and to-morro%v is cast into the...

...the cheering promises of God, 'Lo, I am with you alway, even to the end of the world.' 12. " ' Behold the lilies of the field, they toil not, neither do they spin, yet your heavenly father clotheth them.' The Bible, that invaluable book, is my solace; the life of my...

...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 from...

...personally we rather question the latter,) but they do not take the place of Fruits and Flowers. Behold the lilies of the field! they toil not, neither do they spin, nor have they any interest whatever in any Manufacturing Company ! They are utterly deficient in Bank...

...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...

...relation to immortality only. ' Then, why take ye thought for raiment,' said he, ' consider the lillies of the field, they toil not, neither do they spin ; yet Solomon, in all his glory, was not arrayed like one of these.' It is not slothfulness nor indifference that Jesus Christ inculcates by...

...your heavenly father feedeth them;" " Consider the lilies of the field" growing on yonder meadow, " they toil not, neither do they spin, yet Solomon, in all his glory, was not arrayed like one of these." Such were the subjects illustrated, and the mode of instruction adopted...