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THAT EVEN SOLOMON IN ALL HIS GLORY 
WAS NOT ARRAYED LIKE ONE OF THESE. — i 
3 Matthew vi. 28, 29. \ | 
NV Our Lorvp’s direct object in this 
H lesson of the Lilies was to convince 
” | the péople 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 
A i animal life — is one of the very ways 
ZN in which He takes care of his crea- 
@g y © tures. And when Christ himself di- 
pis rects us to consider with attention the 
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