| Church missionary society - 1863 - 614 σελίδες
...ground, or saying, " Surely it cannot grow here !" " Blessed are they that sow beside ALL waters." " Cast thy bread upon the waters, and thou shalt find it after many days." " Sow in the morn thy seed, At eve hold not thine hand ; To douht and fear give thou no heed, Scatter... | |
| Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1842 - 516 σελίδες
...duty. In nothing is the Scriptural declaration more likely to be fulfilled ifl its richest import. " Cast thy bread upon the waters, and thou shalt find it after many days." Multitudes of illustrations might be introduced to confirm the views of this section. How natural is... | |
| Anti-Mammon (pseud.) - 1843 - 242 σελίδες
...and Quarterly Theological Review, July, 1840, p. 240. fruit, for the word of God has said again, ' Cast thy bread upon the waters, and thou shalt find it after many days.' That is to say, Bestow thine alms and disperse thy charity where there is, to human foresight, no prospect... | |
| 1856 - 686 σελίδες
...abandon it. Certain words of Scripture rose to hie recollection, and, like good angels, cheered him on, " Cast thy bread upon the waters, and thou Shalt find it after many days." •' In due season we shall reap if we faint not." And soon after, descending the sides of the vessel,... | |
| Margaret Prior, Sarah R. I. Bennett - 1844 - 342 σελίδες
...among the destitute. The field was rather unpromising, but from " the man of my counsel" I was told, " Cast thy bread upon the waters, and thou shalt find it after many days ;" and this was a sufficient guide to make the path of duty plain. At the house of a friend on whom... | |
| Francis Edward Paget - 1844 - 350 σελίδες
...not ; hopeless it is not. It is not, cannot be thankless to those who have faith in the promise, " Cast thy bread upon the waters, and thou shalt find it after many days." Discouragement is a trial, and ingratitude is a trial, but who are we that we should expect to escape... | |
| 1844 - 650 σελίδες
...moreover, to whoever loves the Lord Jesus. I am, your true friend, HANIO. THE BLIND OLD MAN OF INDIA. " Cast thy bread upon the waters, and thou shalt find it after many . days." THE shadows of evening were just beginning to darken the glowing clearness of an Indian sky, when a... | |
| 1845 - 452 σελίδες
...glimmer. If any of us knew what we were doing and where we were going when we think we best know!" " Cast thy bread upon the waters and thou shalt find it after many days ;" " fear God and keep his commandments," — is the ancient exhortation, and conclusion of the whole... | |
| 1845 - 328 σελίδες
...the shorn lamb, and hears the ravens when they cry ; ' One, who, by the word of inspiration, saith, ' cast thy bread upon the waters and thou shalt find it after many days ; ' One, who, to show the power of faith, permits the faithful, being dead, yet to speak. She who was... | |
| Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1845 - 488 σελίδες
...duty. In nothing is the Scriptural declaration more likely to be fulfilled in its richest import " Cast thy bread upon the waters, and thou shalt find it after many days." Multitudes of illustrations might be introduced to confirm the views of this section. How natural is... | |
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