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your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature ? 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 these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (for after all these things do the Gentiles seek :) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow; for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

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'Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what - judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged and with

what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? Thou hy pocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye. Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you. Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: for every one that asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh, findeth; and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened. Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him? Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them : for this is the law and the prophets. Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat i

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because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves: ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit ; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a cor◄ rupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then I will profess unto them, I never knew you; depart from me, ye that work iniquity. Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house up→ on a rock and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell not ; for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and

doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell: and great was the fall of it. And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonish◄ ed at his doctrine : for he taught them as one hav➡ ing authority, and not as the scribes."

Such was the language of our beloved Lord's teaching. The following beautiful lines on this subject were sent to me by my dear friend before mentioned.

Noontide in Samaria.

'Tis blazing noon, and 'neath the awful ray
The way-worn Saviour held his sultry way
Across the burning plain---ye who have been
In tropic climes, can paint that noontide scene:
The cloudless sky, the deep and breathless calm,
The dazzling champaign with its waveless palm,
The pillar'd sand, wild bick'ring o'er the plain,
Like troubl'd spirit amidst Silence' reign:
Yon distant level where the sunbeams make
The
very semblance of the living lake,

Where bordering palms the bright deceit attest,
With shadows on its shining breast imprest.

Ye who have journey'd o'er such scenes, can tell
How the heart gladdens at the way side well!
Above whose wave the fig-tree twilight flings,
And round whose sides refreshing verdure springs.

Such was the spot where Jésus took his seat,
Thirsty and faint, and blest the cool retreat.
O not the gloom that proud saloon pervades
Can please like nature's solemn forest-shades:
The dark green boughs, through which the pilgrim's eyes
Can gaze undazzl❜d on the noontide skies;

While freshness breathing from the spring below,
Gives to the fainting soul the life-reviving glow.

And now a Female, from the village nigh,
Comes to the spot to fetch that fount's supply.
Meek from her hand the Saviour's lips did crave
The simple tribute of the grateful wave.-
She speaks surpriz'd, " And would a Jew profane
"His lips with drink from a Samaritan ?”
The Saviour straight forgets the fountain's flow,
Eager the living waters to bestow:

"Ah, did you know who 'tis that thus applied

"For one poor draught of earth's reviving tide,

"You would have ask'd, and glad he would have given "The immortal waters from the fount of heaven: "He, who this fountain's flow shall thirsting drain,

"Will soon forget its bliss, and thirst again;

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