...its side, and even our Saviour himself gives it the weight and the solemnity of his example. ' Behold the lilies of the field ; they toil not, neither do they spin, yet your heavenly Father careth for them.' He expatiates on the beauty of a single flower, and draws...

...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 have learned from Epictetus, that it is sometimes...

...side, and even our Saviour himself gives it the weight and solemnity of his example : — " Behold the lilies of the field ; they toil not, neither do they spin, yet your heavenly Father careth for them." He expatiates on the beauty of a single flower, and draws...

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...shall we know what we are to do ? The highest voice ever heard on this earth said withal, ' Consider the lilies of the field ; they toil not, neither do they spin : yet Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.' A glance, that, into the deepest...

...earth, and yet how matchless ! Does not our Redeemer beautifully point it out, where he says, ' Consider the lilies of the field ; they toil not, neither do they spin ; and yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these ?' "...

...leaves the subject more obscure than if he had not left any comment at all. Jesus says, " Consider the lilies of the field; they toil not, neither do they spin, yet Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these." And again, " Take no thought for the...

...ingeniously provided a higher order of remedy. These neophytes are a distinct and peculiar genus. Like the lilies of the field, "they toil not, neither do they spin," having imbibed the very singular idea that others should " toil and spin" for them. Yet they are by...

...wonderful in its variety, is always accomplished without effort and without the sense of fatigue. " Behold the lilies of the field. They toil not, neither do they spin. And yet I say unto you, that Solomon, in all his glory, was not arrayed like one of these." Again,...

...morality, and also a self-indulgent delight in aesthetics as "prior to and beyond utility ('Consider the lilies of the field; they toil not, neither do they spin')." This latter "idea of sheer wastefulness," says McCarthy's persona, "is always shocking to non-Catholics":...