| Harriet Corp - 1814 - 202 sider
...Where such an opportunity occurs for reproof, I think none should suffer sin on their brother : and, " Cast thy bread upon the waters, and thou shalt find it after many days," is an encouraging text. A peculiar blessing followed our resisting thus in the strength of God's word... | |
| William Huntington - 1815 - 730 sider
...clods. I will in no wise believe that all the seed sow/a among the islanders will prove barren ; " Cast thy bread upon the waters, and thou shalt find it after many days." Our blessed Saviour, the bread of life, works in secret; and many, when first they conceive him in... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - 1817 - 554 sider
...necessity, then would you fmd what you have given in charity to others, lying ready in store for you. Cast thy bread upon the waters, and thou shalt find it after many days, says the wise man. But when shall we find it I He tells us in the next verse; " Give a portion to seven,... | |
| 1818 - 396 sider
...Let us then do with our might what eur hands find to do, trusting in Him who hath said, u cast your bread upon the waters and thou shalt find it after many days," and rejoicing in the opportunity given us of following in some hunjble degree, the exani"ple of our... | |
| 1818 - 400 sider
...Let us then do with our might what our hands find to do, trusting in Him who hath said, " cast your bread upon the waters and thou shalt find it after many days;" aud rejoicing in the opportunity given us of following in some humble degree, the example of our Father... | |
| William Bengo' Collyer - 1822 - 502 sider
...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 shalt find it after many days.' ' He that watereth, shall himself be watered.' ' Sell what thou hast and give to the poor, and thou... | |
| William Carus Wilson - 598 sider
...in this world that we are permitted to reap the fruit of a good action, though we have a promise, " Cast thy bread upon the waters, and thou shalt find it after many days." In the case of this old man, however, he was so happy as to receive in some degree the reward of his... | |
| 1874 - 346 sider
...though it had been, had not been half strong enough ; that though she had felt the force of the words, " Cast thy bread upon the waters, and thou shalt find it after many days," yet she had not half felt them as she ought. It was very inconvenient for Mrs. Preston to go back then... | |
| 1828 - 398 sider
...uninteresting to the serious reader, as tending to evince the stahility of that gracious promise, " cast thy bread upon the waters, and thou shalt find it after many days." When this volume first appeared, Mr. Churchill presented a copy to a worthy neighbour, from whom he... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - 1829 - 590 sider
...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 shalt 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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