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Cast thy bread upon the waters

Author: Anon. Appears in 124 hymnals Lyrics: 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 sowest 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 with liberal hand. 5 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. Topics: The Church Ministry and Missions Used With Tune: RATHBUN

Freuet euch der schönen Erde

Author: C. J. P. Spitta Appears in 36 hymnals Used With Tune: [Freuet euch der schönen Erde]

Praise, my soul, the God that sought thee

Author: F. S. Key Appears in 10 hymnals Used With Tune: RATHBUN

Shall This Life Of Mine Be Wasted?

Author: Horatius Bonar Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 13 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Shall this life of mine be wasted? Shall this vineyard lie untilled? Shall true joy pass by untasted, And this soul remain unfilled? 2 Shall the God-given hours be scattered, Like the leaves upon the plain? Shall the blossoms die unwatered By the drops of heavenly rain? 3 Shall I see each fair sun waking, And not feel, it wakes for me? Each glad morning, brightly breaking, And not feel, it breaks for me? 4 Shall I see the roses blowing, And not wish to bloom as they? Holy fragrance round me throwing, Luring others on the way. 5 Shall I hear the free bird singing In the summer’s stainless sky, Far aloft its glad flight winging, And not seek to soar as high? 6 Shall this heart still spend its treasures On the things that fade and die; Shall it court the hollow pleasures Of bewildering vanity? 7 Shall these lips of mine be idle; Shall I open them in vain? Shall I not with God’s own bridle Their frivolities restrain? 8 Shall these eyes of mine still wander? Or, no longer turned afar, Fix a firmer gaze and fonder On the bright and morning Star? 9 Shall these feet of mine, delaying Still in ways of sin be found, Braving snares and madly straying On the world’s bewitching ground? 10 No, I was not born to trifle Life way in dreams or sin! No, I must not, dare not stifle Longings such as these within! 11 Swiftly moving, upward, onward, Let my soul in faith be borne; Calmly gazing, skyward, sunward, Let my eye unblinking turn! 12 Where the cross, God’s love revealing, Sets the fettered spirit free, Where it sheds its wondrous healing, There my soul, thy rest shall be. 13 Then no longer idly dreaming Shall I fling my years away; But, each precious hour redeeming, Wait for the eternal day! Used With Tune: RATHBUN Text Sources: Hymns of Faith and Hope (London: James Nisbet, 1857)

Selig, wer im Weltgebrause

Appears in 4 hymnals Used With Tune: RATHBUN

Christi Kreuz

Author: F. Krüger Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Christi Kreuz, das will ich loben Used With Tune: [Christi Kreuz, das will ich loben]

Jesus, while our hearts are bleeding

Author: Thomas Hastings Appears in 140 hymnals Used With Tune: RATHBUN

கிறிஸ்துவின் நல் சிலுவை மேன்மை

Author: John Bowring; S. John Barathi Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 1 hymnal Lyrics: 1 கிறிஸ்துவின் நல் சிலுவை மேன்மை, காலம் சூழல் எல்லாம் மீறி. உம் சரிதை தெளிவாய் தோன்றும் காட்டும் உம் விந்தை வாழ்வு. 2 வாழ்வின் சாபம் சேர்ந்தே ஏக, விஸ்வாசம் குன்றி பயம் தோன்ற, என்னை என்றும் கைவிடாமலே காத்து சாந்தமாக மின்னுமே. 3 இன்ப நேரம் இருளில்லாமல், அன்பின் ஒளி என் மேல் வீச, மேலும் வீசி பிரகாசமாக அதோ அன்பு சிலுவை ஒளியதே. 4 ஆசீர் நேரம் இன்ப துன்பம், தூய்மையாகுமே சிலுவையால், எல்லை இல்லா சமாதானம் ஈந்து என்றும் இன்பம் தங்குமே. Used With Tune: RATHBUN