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COSSIDEE THE LILIES OF THE FIELD, 

 HOW TIIKY GROW : THEY TOIL XOT, KEITHEK 

 DO TIIEY SPIN : AND YET I SAY UNTO YOU, 

 THAT EVEN SOLOMON IN ALL HIS GLOLiY 

 "WAS NOT ARRAYED LIKE 0>JS OF THESE. — 



Matthew vi. 28. 29. 



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Jf" OcR Lord's direct object in this 

 lesson of the Lihes ■was to convince 

 the people of God's care for them. 

 Now, this clothing of the earth -with 

 plants and flowers — at once so beau- 

 tiful and so useful, so essential to all 

 animal life — is one of the very ways / 

 in which He takes care of his crea- 

 tures. And when Christ himself di- 

 rects us to consider with attention the 

 plants around us, — to notice how 



