step by step as one that travelleth, and, like an armed man, with irresistible violence.1 Perhaps he perverts his Master’s word to excuse his sloth. But if we are to “take no anxious thought for the morrow,” (his true meaning)2 are we to take none at all? Care is a duty, a parental obligation,3 and therefore a component part of Godliness.4 Carefulness is a sin5—a needless burden to ourselves; an unworthy distrust of God.6 Prudent care is distinct from covetousness. The stores of the ant were, not