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rg my produce. and all my goods. Then I will say to my life, ‘Life! you have plenty of wealth stored up for many years to come: take your plea- sure; eat, drink, and be merry. But God said to him, ‘You fool! this very night your life will be de- manded of you; and what then will

21 your preparations be worth?’ S0 it is with whoever hoards wealth for him- self, if he is not rich toward God. Iessmts uf Qrusifulnzzz in Qnh. 22 He then said to His disciples: ‘Because of this, I tell you, Be

not anxious about your life-——‘what you shall eat’; nor for the body 23 26 28

x $° 33 ‘ what you shall be clothed with} The life is more than the food, and the body than the clothing. Look at the ravens: they neither sow nor reap; there is no storehouse nor barn for them ; yet God feeds them. How much you exceed the birds in value! And who among you by fretting

can add a single foot to his height? If you cannot therefore, even do the least, why do you fret about the rest? ‘Observe the lilies, how they grow:

they neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his mag- niticence was never arrayed like one of 35 them. If, then, the flower which exists to-day in the field and to~morrow may be thrown upon the fire, is thus adorned by God, how much more you——you of little faith! And you inquire not what you can eat, or

what you can drink, and be not agitated : for the heathen of the world hunt for all these; and your Father knows that you need them. Seek in- stead the Kingdom of God, and all these will be prepared for you. Do not be afraid, little flock; because it has pleased your Father to give to you the Kingdom. Sell your possessions, and give kind-heartedly ; acquire for your- selves unfailing wealth, a treasure in- exhaustible in the heavens, where neither thief approaches, nor moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there your heart will also be! §iht1iig mth mnirlyfulnzsz. ‘ Stand with your waists belted,

and your lamps align: and make yourselves like men expecting their master When he may retum from the wedding; so that when he comes and knocks, you can at once open for him. Happy are those servants who are 3·; found by their master awaiting his coming; I tell you indeed. that he will gird himself, make them recline, and will himself wait upon them. And whetherhe returns atnine o’olook 38 or at twelve o'clock, if he finds them ready on his coming, happy will these servants be! But this you can understand, that

if the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have permitted him to break into his house. Be you also ready; for it may be that the Son of Man will come at an unexpected moment.’ Master,

have You spoken this parable merely for us, or for all ? ’ The Master replied: ‘ Who, indeed, is the faithful

steward whom the master will appoint over his household, in order to servo out the proper food at the right time? Happy is that servant who, upon the 39 ’ 43 arrival of his master, is found doing it. Most certainly, I tell you, He will 44 appoint him over all his possessions. But if that servant should say in his 45 heart, ‘ My master delays his return ; ’ and should begin to maltreat the other men and women servants, and to eat, carouse, and become drunken; the master of that servant will come on a day when he will not be expected, and at an hour he cannot know, and will out him 05, and assign him a place with the faithless. And that servant who knew the will of his master, and has not prepared for, nor obeyed his instructions, shall be severely punished. But the one who knew it not, but has done what de- served correction, will be punished lightly. For to whom much has been entrusted, from him much will be required ; and where much has been deposited with any one, they will do- mand more from him. ibn ®Ez:t sf the Work uf Glyrizi. 49 ‘ I came to throw fire upon the

earth; Zind how Iwish it were already kindled! But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how oppressed I feel until it be effected! ‘ Do you imagine that I have come

to give peace to the earth? Not at all; I tell you, on the contrary, con- tention. For from now there will be Eve contending in a. single house: IT23