| Laurence Sterne - 1813 - 280 pages
...life, it is more than probable, that what is so scattered shall be gathered again with increase. " Cast " thy bread upon the .waters, and thou shall find it " after many days. Be as a father unto the father" less, and instead of an husband unto their mother, "'so shalt thou... | |
| 1841 - 712 pages
...in an enlarged degree, but according to some fixed and definite plan, as in the present instance. " Cast thy bread upon the waters, and thou shall find it after many day»." Early in the year 1840, one of the deputations of the Bible Society was passing through this... | |
| 1833 - 638 pages
...of my soul." Let all who are similarly engaged take encouragement from this circumstance. " Cast ihy bread upon the waters, and thou shall find it after many days." ANSWERS TO QUERIES. To the Editor of the Evangelical Magazine. IN the Magazine for July, page 316,... | |
| 1821 - 970 pages
...our religion, that the more the possessor imparts to others, the more his own stock is increased. ' Cast thy bread upon the waters, and thou shall find it after many days.' ' He that watereth, shall himself be watered.' ' Sell what thou hast and give to the poor, and thou... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 446 pages
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| William Benbow - 1823 - 336 pages
...nothing, probably he was a child of chance, abandoned by his parents, under the idea of ' cast this bread upon the waters, and thou shall find it after many days.' He first became known at Wrexham, where he officiated as labourer in a workhouse garden, which he quitted... | |
| 1826 - 488 pages
...of charity flowing into that divine ocean of peace, of which it is emphatically said in scripture, "cast thy bread upon the waters, and thou shall find it after many days." THE RUINS OF AGR.IGENTUM. Time has spread over them its sombre tints, which blend harmoniously with... | |
| James Stuart M. Anderson - 1829 - 776 pages
...you reflect upon the consolations which you have poured upon the aching heart and drooping spirit ? " Cast thy bread upon the waters, and thou shall find it after many days*." To those among you, who are tarrying on these shores, that you may, by God's blessing, reanimate the... | |
| Mary Martha Sherwood - 1829 - 126 pages
...sequel of my tale; and, in the mean time, in return for his quotation, 1 will give him another — Cast thy bread upon the waters, and thou shall find it after many days. The lady bought several things at that time from Alfoo, and, what pleased him better, gave him a commission... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - 1830 - 602 pages
...necessity, then would you find what you have given in charity to others, lying ready in store for you. Cast thy bread upon the waters, and thou shall find it after many days, says the wise man. But when shall we find it ? He tells us in the next verse ; " Give a portion to... | |
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