| Liberalism (Religion) - 1830 - 986 pages
...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... | |
| Religion - 1853 - 1142 pages
...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... | |
| John J. Harrod - Readers - 1832 - 338 pages
...forgetting 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 soul; the star that directs... | |
| Alexander Copland - 1832 - 586 pages
...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 weight and the solemnity of his example. ' Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow ; they toil not, neither do they spin : yet I say... | |
| Thomas Chalmers - Presbyterian Church - 1833 - 512 pages
...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... | |
| William Cobbett - Finance - 1834 - 446 pages
...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... | |
| Thomas Chalmers - 1836 - 470 pages
...and at last raise all who believe in Him to t,ho bloom and the vigour of immortality ? The flowers of the field, they toil not, neither do they spin, yet your Heavenly Father careth for them — and how much more careth He for you, O ye of little faith. O, it is kind in you, my brethren, to... | |
| John Epy Lovell - Elocution - 1836 - 534 pages
...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, fr1 158 UNITED STATES SPEAKER. yet are arrayed like Solomon in his glory. In fine, it teaches a lesson,... | |
| William Graham (teacher of elocution.) - 1837 - 370 pages
...authority of the Sacred "Writers upon its si<k and even our Saviour himself gives it the weight and tin solemnity of his example. " Behold the lilies of the...toil not, neither do they spin ; yet your heavenly Fatlin careth for them." He expatiates on the beauty of a sinjilt flower, and draws from it the delightful... | |
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