...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 the nineteenth Psalm ; but it is similar...

...nature. It has the authority of the sacred writers on its side, and even our Saviour Himself gives the weight and the solemnity of His example. 'Behold...heavenly Father careth for them.' He expatiates on the beauty of a single flower, and draws from it the delightful argument of a confidence in God. —...

...of piety from the works and appearances of nature. It has the authority of the sacred writers upon its side, and even our Saviour himself gives it the weight and the solemnity of his example. Ha expatiates on the beauties of a single flower, and draws from it the delightful argument of confidence...

...admit a woman;* others excluded the fair sex on the strength of a passage in scripture : " Consider the lilies of the field, they toil not, neither do they spin ; " thence it was concluded that females, who ought to spin, ought not to reign in the kingdom of the...

...of piety from the works and appearances of nature. It has the authority of the sacred writers upon its side, and even our Saviour himself, gives it the weight and solemnity of his example. He expatiates on the beauties of a single flower, and draws from it the delightful...

...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, neither do they spin, and yet are arrayed like Solomon in all his glory. In fine, it teaches men a lesson which indeed they...

...piety from the works and the appearances of nature. It has the authority of the Sacred Writers upon its side, and even our Saviour himself gives it the...heavenly Father careth for them." He expatiates on the beauty of a single flower, and draws from it the delightful argument of confidence in God. He •gives...

...piety from the works and the appearances of nature. It has the authority of the Sacred Writers upon its side, and even our Saviour himself gives it the...heavenly Father careth for them." He expatiates on the beauty of a single flower, and draws from it the delightful argument of confidence in God. He gives...

...upon 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...

...shall take 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,"...