Hearken, my beloved brethren; did not God choose them that are poor as to the world {\i to be} rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that love him?
Yea, the sparrow hath found her a house,\par\tab And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young,\par\tab Even thine altars, O Jehovah of hosts,\par\tab My King, and my God.
For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might become rich.
which indeed is less than all seeds; but when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becometh a tree, so that {\b the birds of the heaven come and lodge in the branches thereof.}}\par