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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 your Heavenly Father knoweth that ye
have need of all these things.

“ But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righte-
ousness; 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. Suffi-
cient unto the day is the evil thereof.”

These divine words fell like a refreshing dew upon the
counts heart. The hope of escaping from this desert
rock, of revisiting his country, often revived his drooping
spirits; but as nothing seemed to render his return pos-
sible, the remembrance of France had in it something
of bitterness, which at times made him yield to despon-
dency.

But then the thought of God’s providence would recur
to his mind, and with it cheerful resignation and manly
fortitude. He would reflect on all that Heaven had al-
ready done for him, on the unhoped for succours sent him
in the hour of his utmost need, on the various perils which
he had encountered and escaped; he would reflect on all the