| Margaret W. Brew - 1880 - 350 sider
...property had been accumulating for him, without any effort or trouble on his own part. He had been like the birds of the air, and the lilies of the field, that could neither toil or gather into barns, and yet all things had been given him as freely and bountifully... | |
| 1880 - 832 sider
...prayer. They obeyed at least one Scripture injunction — they took no thought for the morrow — and, like the birds of the air and the lilies of the field, " they toiled not, neither did they spin." This tract of land was set apart in the first place by act... | |
| Charles Dent Bell - 1881 - 248 sider
...being. We must exercise both diligence and prudence in the concerns of daily life. To suppose that, like the birds of the air and the lilies of the field, we need neither sow nor spin, would be as presumptuous as it would be preposterous. It is the greatness... | |
| Holme Lee - 1883 - 310 sider
...rector feels like heaven. It is I who suffer the drawbacks. He never troubles about anything. He is like the birds of the air and the lilies of the field. What he shall eat and wherewithal he shall be clothed he leaves to me ; and as I am not Divine Providence... | |
| Austin Bierbower - 1890 - 216 sider
...thought, about their food, drink, or clothing, these being all provided for out of the general fund; but like the birds of the air and the lilies of the field, they may be thoughtless, careless, and doless, except as to the work assigned them in the kingdom.... | |
| John Wesley Hanson - 1892 - 402 sider
...chief study and care to keep Thy holy law; and that we may labor for the necessities of this world, like the birds of the air and the lilies of the field, without being anxious for the morrow. In the spirit of Thy dear son, we would cast all our care upon... | |
| Mary Wilder Tileston - 1897 - 406 sider
...care in keeping of Thy holy law ; and that we may labor and travail for our necessities in this life, like the birds of the air and the lilies of the field, without care. For Thou hast promised to be careful for us; and hast commanded that upon Thee we should... | |
| Philipp Spitta - 1899 - 432 sider
...exhorted to leave all anxiety for bodily wellbeing, in childlike confidence, to his heavenly Father, like the birds of the air and the lilies of the field. That which chiefly gives the cantata the character of an imperfect and transitional production is the... | |
| 1900 - 444 sider
...care in keeping of Thy holy law ; and that we may labor and travail for our necessities in this life, like the birds of the air and the lilies of the field, without care. For Thou hast promised to be careful for us ; and hast commanded that upon Thee we should... | |
| George Francis Millin - 1900 - 224 sider
...personal qualities, be capable of making it. The one condition upon which all may live and flourish like the birds of the air and the lilies of the field is that they shall adhere to these simple, fundamental principles of life— that each shall work for... | |
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