19 There are no safety vaults on earth; no place secure from moth, and rust and thieves. 20 The treasures of the earth are but illusive things that pass away. 21 Be not deceived; your treasures are the anchor of the soul, and where your treasures are your heart will be. 22 Fix not your heart upon the things of earth; be anxious not about the things to eat, or drink, or wear. 23 God cares for those who trust in him and serve the race. 24 Behold the birds! They praise God in their songs; the earth is made more glorious by their ministry of joy; God keeps them in the hollow of his hand, 25 And not a sparrow falls to earth without his care; and every one that falls shall rise again. 26 Behold the flowers of earth! they trust in God and grow; they make the earth resplendent with their beauty and perfume. 27 Look at the lilies of the field, the messengers of holy love. No son of man, not even Solomon in all his excellence, was ever clothed like one of these. 28 And yet they simply trust in God; they feed from out his hand; they lay their heads to rest upon his breast. 29 If God so clothes and feeds the flowers and birds that do his will, will he not feed and clothe his children when they trust in him? 30 Seek first the kingdom of the soul, the righteousness of God, the good of men, and murmur not; God will protect, and feed, and clothe. CHAPTER 100. _The Sermon on the Mount, continued. Jesus formulates and presents to the twelve a practical code of spiritual ethics._ There is a rule that carnal man has made, and which he rigidly observes: 2 Do unto other men as they do unto you. As others judge, they judge; as others give, they give. 3 Now, while you walk with men as men, judge not, and you shall not be judged. 4 For as you judge you shall be judged, and as you give it shall be given to you. If you condemn, you are condemned. 5 When you show mercy, men are merciful to you, and if you love in such a way that carnal man can comprehend your love, you will be well beloved. 6 And so the wise man of this world does unto other men as he would have them do to him. 7 The carnal man does good to other men for selfish gain, for he expects to have his blessings multiplied and then returned; he does not stop to note the end. 8 Man is himself the field; his deeds are seeds, and what he does to others grows apace; the harvest time is sure. 9 Behold the yield! If he has sown the wind, he reaps the wind; if he has sown the noxious seeds of scandal, theft and hate; of sensuality and crime, 10 The harvest is assured and he must reap what he has sown; yea, more; the seeds produce an hundred fold. 11 The fruit of righteousness and peace and love and joy can never spring from noxious seeds; the fruit is like the seed. 12 And when you sow, sow seeds of right, because it is the right, and not in way of trade, expecting rich rewards.