slightest labor or exertion on their part. " They toil not, neither do they spin." God, by His almighty power, clothes them with beauty every season. The same God is the Father of all believers. Why should they doubt that He is able to provide them with raiment, as well as the lilies " of the field ?" He who takes thought for perishable flowers, will surely not neglect the bodies in which dwell immortal souls.
He su2:o:ests to us, that over-carefulness about the things of this world is most umoortliy of a Christian. One great feature of heathenism is living for the present. Let the heathen, if he will, be anxious. He knows nothing of a Father in heaven. But let the Christian, who has clearer light and knowledge, give proof of it by his faith and contentment. When bereaved of those whom we love, we are not to "sorrow as those who have no hope." When tried by anxieties about this life, we are not to be over-careful, as if we had no God, and no Christ.
He offers us a gracious promise, lis ii remedy against an anxious spirit. He assures us that if we " seek first" and foremost to have a place in the kingdom of grace and glory, everything that we really want in this world shall be given to us. It shall be " added," over and above our heavenly inheritance. " All things shall work together for good to them that love God." " No good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly." (Rom. viii. 28. Psalm Ixxxiv. 11.)
Last of all. He seals up all His instruction on this subject, by laying down 07ie of the wisest maxims. " The morrow shall take thought for the things of itself.