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Text:Benevolent Efforts
Author:Mrs. P. A. Hanaford
Tune:SOLNEY
Arranger:fr. Schulz

463. Benevolent Efforts

1 Cast thy bread upon the waters,
Thinking not 'tis thrown away;
God himself saith, thou shalt gather
It again some future day.

2 Cast thy bread upon the waters;
Wildly though the billows roll,
They but aid thee as thou toilest
Truth to spread from pole to pole.

3 As the seed, by billows floated,
To some distant island lone,
So to human souls benighted,
That thou flingest may be borne.

4 Cast thy bread upon the waters;
Why wilt thou still doubting stand?
Bounteous shall God send the harvest,
If thou sow'st with liberal hand.

Text Information
First Line: Cast thy bread upon the waters
Title: Benevolent Efforts
Author: Mrs. P. A. Hanaford
Language: English
Publication Date: 1890
Topic: Activity and Zeal; Activity; Christians: Duties (3 more...)
Tune Information
Name: SOLNEY
Arranger: fr. Schulz
Meter: 8s, 7s
Key: F Major or modal



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