| Samuel Clark - Bible - 1884 - 212 pages
...him that will pity the poor. He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack. Prov. xxviii. 8, 27. Cast thy bread upon the waters, for thou shalt find it after many days. Give a portion to seven, and also to eight, for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. Eccks.... | |
| John Jeffcott Dillon - 1885 - 504 pages
...glorify our Father's Name when we have been brought back into the safety of the fold. MORNING. CAST thy bread upon the waters : for thou shalt find it after many days. Give a portion to seven, and also to eight ; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. In... | |
| Edward Hungerford - Liturgies - 1889 - 398 pages
...his heart ; not grudgingly, or of necessity : for God loveth a cheerful giver. 2 Cor. 9 : 6, 7. Cast thy bread upon the waters : for thou shalt find it after many days. Give a portion to seven, yea, even unto eight ; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.... | |
| Isaac S. Moses, Adolph Moses - Bible - 1889 - 290 pages
...feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh glad the life ; and money answereth all things. V. 1 . CAST thy bread upon the waters : for thou shalt find it after many days, Give a portion to seven, ye.i, even unto eight ; for 2. thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.... | |
| Edward Anderson Thomson - 1891 - 366 pages
...yet increaseth." " For with the measure that ye mete withal, it shall be measured to you again." " Thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the...Cast thy bread upon the waters ; for thou shalt find it after many days." But now, to pass from this interpretation with its own practical application,... | |
| William Chatterton Coupland - Religious literature - 1895 - 746 pages
...and he that increaseth ^ iwledge increaseth sorrow. XXIII. ALL THINGS UNSURE SAVE PRESENT DUTY. Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. Give a portion to seven, yea, even unto eight: for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. If... | |
| Mrs. Mary Harriet Bright Curry - English literature - 1897 - 412 pages
...For the strength of the hills we bless Thee, Our God, our father's God ! FELICIA HEMANS. 1793. CAST thy bread upon the waters : For thou shalt find it after many days. Give a portion to seven and also to eight ; For thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. If the... | |
| 1898 - 422 pages
...for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter. Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. If the... | |
| Josephus Nelson Larned - Conduct of life - 1901 - 518 pages
...snare, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them. XI. Cast thy bread upon the waters : for thou shalt find it after many days. Give a portion to seven, yea, even unto eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. If... | |
| Edward Hungerford - Liturgies - 1902 - 86 pages
...his heart ; not grudgingly, or of necessity : for God loveth a cheerful giver. 2 Cor. 9:6, 7. Cast thy bread upon the waters : for thou shalt find it after many days. Give a portion to seven, yea, even unto eight ; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.... | |
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