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meant the inward adorning, which makes sinful mortals, possessing
the meekness and righteousness of Christ, valuable in His sight,
as was Enoch, and entitles them to receive the finishing touch of
immortality. Our Saviour refers us to the fowls of the air, which sow
not, neither reap, nor gather into barns, yet their heavenly Father
feedeth them. Then He says: “Are ye not much better than they? ...
And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field,
how they grow; 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
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these.” These lilies, in their simplicity and innocence, meet the mind
of God better than Solomon in his costly decorations yet destitute of
the heavenly adorning. “Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the
field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall He
not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?” Can you not trust in
your heavenly Father? Can you not rest upon His gracious promise?
“Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all
these things shall be added unto you.” Precious promise! Can we
not rely upon it? Can we not have implicit trust, knowing that He
is faithful who hath promised? I entreat you to let your trembling
faith again grasp the promises of God. Bear your whole weight upon
them with unwavering faith; for they will not, they cannot, fail.
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