...rendering himself so dependent ; but the old clergyman replied, " Elder Seward, does not the Bible say, ' cast thy bread upon the waters, and thou shalt find it after many days?'" Towards evening he reached the city ; and. the good people of the city, then, as now, ever ready to...

...with the old man's last observation. 'That I take, sir, to be the meaning of the Scripture proverb, " Cast thy bread upon the waters, and thou shalt find it after many days."1 ' True ; and I think I may apply that proverb with equal appropriateness to a lesson which...

...through all Shushan. And we are assured that no work of faith and labour of Jove shall be forgotten. " Cast thy bread upon the waters, and thou shalt find it after many days." "Though seed lie buried long in dust, It shan't deceive our hope." But that which always particularly...

...moods of the lad, or to reprove his expressions of immeasurable fidelity to his own person ; but— " Cast thy bread upon the waters, and thou shalt find it after many days." Emil sat in his room; a volume of the Vie Saint Dominique was under his paper-knife, when Max entered...

...was sure it contained rich food for poor tried souls, and the perusal of it was followed with these words: " Cast thy bread upon the waters, and thou shalt find it after many •days." Accordingly, under this impression, (without mentioning the name of the author,) I wrote several copies...

...young. What a beautiful illustration do both these instances afford of the words already quoted — " Cast thy bread upon the waters, and thou shalt find it after many days." We have hitherto been speaking of the early days of this enteresting Mission : we must briefly recount...

...from her book. ''No, my dear," answered her mother. " Then what does this mean," asked Mabel again, " 'Cast thy bread upon the waters, and thou shalt find it after many days V " Her mother then told her that in the country where the Bible was written, ', there were only two...

...single word or sentence has proved instrumental to the saving of an immortal soul. It is written, " Cast thy bread upon the waters, and thou shalt find it after many days ; " and he or she who writes of the " truth as it is in Jesus," and sends it forth to the world in...

...equal footing with the Catholic population, is a beautiful fulfiment of that encouraging promise, " cast thy bread upon the waters, and thou shalt find it after many days." For many days (years) has the bread of life been cast in the secluded vallies of Piedmont. English...

...communicate; to the teachers, re- ; minding them of the promise which they had seen fulfilled — " Cast thy bread upon the waters, and thou shalt find it after many days." " Three hymns, sung during the meeting, were composed for the occasion? two by old scholars, and the...