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art first. 
m®w iPSi.&Bsr'iPs ®s©w, 
Consider the lilies of the field, 
DO THEY SPIN : AND YET I SAY UNTO YOU, 
THAT EVEN SOLOMON IN ALL HIS GLORY 
WAS NOT ARRAYED LIKE ONE OF THESE.— 
Matthew vi. 28, 29. 
Our Lord’s direct object in this 
lesson of the Lilies 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 
