Cast thy bread upon the waters
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Cast thy bread upon the waters,Thinking not 't is thrown away;God himself saith, "Thou shalt gatherIt again some future day."
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Cast thy bread upon the waters;Wildly though the billows roll,They but aid thee as thou toilestTruth to spread from pole to pole.
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As the seed, by billows floatedTo some distant island lone,So to human souls benightedThat thou sowest may be borne.
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Cast thy bread upon the waters;Why wilt thou still doubting stand?Bounteous shall God send the harvest,If thou sow with liberal hand.
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Give them freely of thy substance;O'er his cause the Lord doth reign:Cast thy bread, and toil with patience,Thou shalt labor not in vain.