. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. LILY OF THE FIELD. Lilium chalcedoHieum. HE lily of the field is not of necessity a lily of any kind that will correspond to our defini- tions; it may be understood as a flower, and that is sufficient. To make a serious botanical study of the purport of the im- pressive lesson of the lily in the Sermon on the Mount would be to put our paltry views of nature on a level with the most homely and searching of Divine admo- nitions. It must suffice, there- fore, to say that the frail flower painted by the creative hand surpasses
. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. LILY OF THE FIELD. Lilium chalcedoHieum. HE lily of the field is not of necessity a lily of any kind that will correspond to our defini- tions; it may be understood as a flower, and that is sufficient. To make a serious botanical study of the purport of the im- pressive lesson of the lily in the Sermon on the Mount would be to put our paltry views of nature on a level with the most homely and searching of Divine admo- nitions. It must suffice, there- fore, to say that the frail flower painted by the creative hand surpasses in glory the greatest works of man, and teaches him the sources of his benefits and , his dependence on the bounty of Heaven. But associations have their uses to the mind of man, and it is neither irreverent, nor unreasonable to ask if any particular lily might be associated with the lesson that has sunk deeper perhaps. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hibberd, Shirley, 1825-1890; Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward), 1841-1909. London : Cassell
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