...summer's pride, &c. A greater authority than Lord Byron has given his testimony on this subject : " Behold the lilies of the field, they toil not, neither do they spin ; yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these." Shakspeare speaks...

...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, and yet are arrayed like Solomon in his glory. In fine, it teaches a lesson which indeed they might...

...he known, is related to have heen f-poken hy Jesus Christ, as a remedy against distrustful cure. " Behold the lilies of the field, they toil not, neither do they spin." This, however, is far inferior to the allusions in Joh, and in the 10th Psalm; hut it is similar in...

...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...

...continually cry for bread. 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, and yet are arrayed like Solomon in all his glory In fine, it teaches a lesson, which indeed they might...

...feerieth them : art thon not much better than they ? And why takest thou thought for raiment ? consider the lilies of the field, they toil not, neither do they spin ; and yet Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. And shall he not much more clothe...

...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...

...authority of the sacred writers on its side, and even our Saviour Himself gives the weight and the solemnity of His example. 'Behold the lilies of the...flower, and draws from it the delightful argument of a confidence in God. — He gives us to see that taste may be combined with piety, and that the same...

...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...He gives us to see that taste may be combined with, and that the same heart may be occupied with all that is serious in the contemplations of religion,...

...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...