Cast Thy Bread Upon Water

Cast thy bread upon the waters

Thinking not ’tis thrown away

God himself saith, Thou shalt gather

It again some future day

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

As the seed, by billows floated

To some distant island lone

So to human souls benighted

That Thou flingest may be borne

Cast thy bread upon the waters

Why wilt thou still doubting stand?

Bounteous shall God send the harvest

If Thou sowest with liberal hand