Day 33

4 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, but is not rich towards God : * — who does not, in short, find his sole treasure in Him. Such is his destiny — such his condition — such the end of his life : — to this alone do all his riches tend.

And now, after all these reflections, go back to the very words used by the Son of God Himself : read them over and over ; ponder them yet again : you will find them infinitely more powerful in themselves than all that may be said or thought about them to help you in realising their force.

H C XI 3 ] GbirbHourtb 2)a$ What God does for the generality of plants and animals: We are to count ourselves as His favourite dock. — Luke xii. 22, 24, 29, seq .

HEREFORE I say to you, Be not solicitous for your life . . . consider the ravens, for they do not sow.* In St Matthew ‘the birds of the air,’ 1 in general, are spoken of. In St Luke, we are told of the raven : — one of the most voracious of animals, and yet without storehouse or provision ; finding enough to feed upon though it neither sows nor digs. God supplies all that is needful : — c Who giveth to the beasts their food : and to the young ravens that call upon him,’ says the Psalmist. 2 He hears their cry, though a hoarse and unpleasant one ; and feeds them just as amply as He does the nightingale, or any bird with a softer and sweeter voice.

1 Matt. vi. 26. 2 Ps. cxlvi. 9.