Samuel Martin, Minister of Westminster Chapel, Rain upon the Mown Grass, and Other Sermons, 1842–1870 (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1871), sermon III, "The Lessons of the Lilies," p. 40

Discipleship to Jesus Christ does not shut our eyes to the earth, or close our hearts to the material works of God. He who follows Christ will certainly consider the lilies of the field. The tendency of Bible teaching is…