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THE LILIES OF THE FIELD

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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jan 15, 1885

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 11, No. 3.

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THE LILIES OF THE FIELD.

By Chambers' Journal

The Saviour's flowers! How pure and fair These simple "lilies of the field;" How sweet an incense to the air Their fragrant snow-white blossoms yield!
Not Solomon in glory bright, In gorgeous and in gold array, Was such a fair and wondrous sight As in their modest beauty, they!
They weave not the white robes they wear; They toil not, neither do they spin; No burden, like frail man, they bear, For, unlike him, they know not sin.
O emblems fair, O emblems sweet, Of Christian humbleness of heart! May we, as pure, at Heaven's feet Sit low and "choose the better part,"
That, to the "meek in heart" alone, Is by the great Redeemer given; That brings us kneeling to his throne, Throws wide the golden gates of Heaven. —Chambers' Journal.