...growth of seeds and grain. Allusion is made to this phenomenon in the following beautiful metaphor: " Cast thy bread upon the waters, and thou shalt find it after many days." In oriental countries bread is synonymous with rice, which is cast upon the soil, saturated by the...

...of the care the grandmother had bestowed upon her ; and so were verified the words of Holy Writ : " Cast thy bread upon the waters, and thou shalt find it after many days." Very soon, as I got accustomed to her manner and voice (so different from my own aunt's), I thought...

...know all about it notwithstanding, and I was just thinking of the beautiful and encouraging proverb, 'Cast thy bread upon the waters, and thou shalt find it after many days.' " In another week, Mrs. Cameron was so much better, that she began to talk seriously of taking a journey...

...very opportune time," said Esther, " and is another exemplification of the truth of the passage, ' Cast thy bread upon the waters, and thou shalt find it after many days.' " As she left the room Mrs. Wilton afked her husband if he had any idea whence it came, and as he smiled,...

...I seem to have said next to nothing. Nevertheless, let it go ; the good seed yet shall germinate. ' Cast thy bread upon the waters, and thou shalt find it after many days.' It may to some minds be a desideratum, to allude to the anterior probability that God should come in...

...He then left them to pour out his gratitude to Him who had thus redeemed the everlasting promise, " Cast thy bread upon the waters, and thou shalt find it after many days." ©{ft nu a "Oh! sing me a song, as I fall asleep," Said a little one with a lustrous eye, "Or tell...

...efforts of those who planned the amelioration of these poor neglected children of the one human family. " Cast thy bread upon the waters, and thou shalt find it after many days." Will it not be a worthy enterprise, to search for the hidden growth and cast fresh seed upon the barren...

...the effects of your own conversion, remember for your consolation the promise contained in the words, "cast thy bread upon the waters, and thou shalt find it after many days." Now it is very certain that both my friend and myself talked far more than we prayed, and that our...

...Eastern proverb was brought home to our hearts, and the goodness of God fully manifested towards us, " Cast thy bread upon the waters, and thou shalt find it after many days." During better times we had treated these poor savages with kindness and liberality, and when dearer...

...statement of the lady in question, that the word was with power, and resulted in her conversion to God. " Cast thy bread upon the waters, and thou shalt find it after many days." Z0th.—Returned by steam-boat to Melbourne. Many of the passengers had been at the "diggings," and...