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Cast thy bread upon the waters

Author: Mrs. P. A. Hanaford Appears in 124 hymnals Used With Tune: STOCKWELL
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ST. SYLVESTER

Appears in 261 hymnals Incipit: 33332 34533 33332 Used With Text: Benevolent Efforts
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[Cast thy bread upon the waters]

Appears in 213 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Charlotte A. Barnard Incipit: 32157 66511 33232 Used With Text: Cast thy bread upon the waters
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WILMOT

Appears in 280 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Carl Maria von Weber Incipit: 13215 13215 61533 Used With Text: Cast Thy Bread Upon the Waters
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Cast Thy Bread upon the Waters

Author: Phoebe A. Hanaford Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #1115 Meter: 8.7.8.7 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 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 sowest with liberal hand. Languages: English Tune Title: AGAWAM
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Cast thy bread upon the waters

Author: Anon. Hymnal: The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book #1064 (1886) 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 Tune Title: RATHBUN
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Cast thy bread upon the waters Thinking not 'tis thrown away

Author: Phoebe A. Hanaford Hymnal: Selected Hymns #d3 (1931)
Cast thy bread upon the waters Thinking not 'tis thrown away

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Anonymous

Person Name: Anon. Author of "Cast thy bread upon the waters " in The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.
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George C. Stebbins

1846 - 1945 Person Name: G. C. Stebbins Composer of "EVENING PRAYER" in Christian Science Hymnal Stebbins studied music in Buffalo and Rochester, New York, then became a singing teacher. Around 1869, he moved to Chicago, Illinois, to join the Lyon and Healy Music Company. He also became the music director at the First Baptist Church in Chicago. It was in Chicago that he met the leaders in the Gospel music field, such as George Root, Philip Bliss, & Ira Sankey. At age 28, Stebbins moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where he became music director at the Claredon Street Baptist Church; the pastor there was Adoniram Gordon. Two years later, Stebbins became music director at Tremont Temple in Boston. Shortly thereafter, he became involved in evangelism campaigns with Moody and others. Around 1900, Stebbins spent a year as an evangelist in India, Egypt, Italy, Palestine, France and England. (www.hymntime.com/tch)
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Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

1809 - 1847 Person Name: Mendelssohn Composer of "[Cast thy bread upon the waters]" in Song-Hymnal of Praise and Joy Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (b. Hamburg, Germany, 1809; d. Leipzig, Germany, 1847) was the son of banker Abraham Mendelssohn and the grandson of philosopher Moses Mendelssohn. His Jewish family became Christian and took the Bartholdy name (name of the estate of Mendelssohn's uncle) when baptized into the Lutheran church. The children all received an excellent musical education. Mendelssohn had his first public performance at the age of nine and by the age of sixteen had written several symphonies. Profoundly influenced by J. S. Bach's music, he conducted a performance of the St. Matthew Passion in 1829 (at age 20!) – the first performance since Bach's death, thus reintroducing Bach to the world. Mendelssohn organized the Domchor in Berlin and founded the Leipzig Conservatory of Music in 1843. Traveling widely, he not only became familiar with various styles of music but also became well known himself in countries other than Germany, especially in England. He left a rich treasury of music: organ and piano works, overtures and incidental music, oratorios (including St. Paul or Elijah and choral works, and symphonies. He harmonized a number of hymn tunes himself, but hymnbook editors also arranged some of his other tunes into hymn tunes. Bert Polman
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