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Cast Thy Bread Upon the Waters
Author: John J. Hood Appears in 15 hymnals Used With Tune: [Cast thy bread upon the waters]
Cast Thy Bread Upon the Waters
[Cast thy bread upon the waters]
Appears in 38 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: W. J. K. Incipit: 33231 56123 46543 Used With Text: Cast Thy Bread Upon the Waters
[Cast thy bread upon the waters]
[Cast thy bread upon the waters]
Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: F. A. Blackmer Incipit: 34551 35432 34432 Used With Text: Cast Thy Bread Upon the Waters
[Cast thy bread upon the waters]
Cast Thy Bread Upon the Waters
Hymnal: Gospel in Song #4 (1884) Languages: English Tune Title: [Cast thy bread upon the waters]
Cast Thy Bread Upon the Waters
Cast thy bread upon the waters Who have but scant supply
Author: John J. Hood Hymnal: Songs of Redemption #d16 (1912)
Cast thy bread upon the waters Who have but scant supply
Cast thy bread upon the waters Who have but scant supply
Author: John J. Hood Hymnal: Living Songs for the Sunday School, the Epworth League, Prayer Meetings, Revivals #d17 (1892) Languages: English
Cast thy bread upon the waters Who have but scant supply
William J. Kirkpatrick
1838 - 1921 Person Name: W. J. K. Arranger of "[Cast thy bread upon the waters]" in Finest of the Wheat Male Chorus William J. Kirkpatrick (b. Duncannon, PA, 1838; d. Philadelphia, PA, 1921) received his musical training from his father and several other private teachers. A carpenter by trade, he engaged in the furniture business from 1862 to 1878. He left that profession to dedicate his life to music, serving as music director at Grace Methodist Church in Philadelphia. Kirkpatrick compiled some one hundred gospel song collections; his first, Devotional Melodies (1859), was published when he was only twenty-one years old. Many of these collections were first published by the John Hood Company and later by Kirkpatrick's own Praise Publishing Company, both in Philadelphia.
Bert Polman
William J. Kirkpatrick
F. A. Blackmer
1855 - 1930 Composer of "[Cast thy bread upon the waters]" in Gospel in Song Blackmer, Francis Augustus. (Ware, Massachusetts, February 17, 1855--October 8, 1930, Somerville, Massachusetts). Advent Christian musician. His parents, Augustus and Jane Blackmer, were among those caught up in the excitement of the Millerite Movement. One son, Fred, became an Advent Christian minister. Francis, with a talent recognized at an early age, consecrated his own life to Christian service as a musician. He was immersed in baptism at the Adventist campmeeting in Springfield, Massachusetts, by Elder Miles Grant.
His early years were spend in central Massachusetts, his schooling at Wilbraham Academy. He was largely self-taught in harmony and musical composition. He wrote the words and music to his first gospel song, "Out on the fathomless sea," at the age of sixteen. Altogether he wrote over 300 gospel songs about the Second Coming, witnessing and working for the Lord, and praises to God's Holy Name. A few of these have circulated widely outside his own denomination. His final text, "I shall see him, And be like him," came when he was so weak that his friend, Clarence M. Seamans, had to supply the music. He used the pseudonym, A. Francis, with some of his early songs.
Blackmer's first anthology was The Gospel Awakening, (1888). Subsequent gospel songbooks with which he was associated were: Singing by the Way (1895), Carols of Hope (1906), The Golden Sheaf, No. 2 (1916), and Songs of Coming Glory (1926).
Most of his adult life was spent in Somerville, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston, where he had a prosperous piano business. In the 1890s, his "Francis A. Blackmer Pianos" were made for him by the Washington Hall Piano Company of Boston. Later, his "Good as Gold Pianos" were manufactured by the Christman Piano Company of New York City and shipped directly to his customers throughout New England.
In Somerville, Blackmer served as choirmaster and song-leader in the Advent Christian Church for many years. He was also an elder of the church until his death. From 1914 until his death, he was songleader at the mid-summer Alton Bay Campmeeting on Lake Winnepesaukee, New Hapshire. There his High Rock Hill was both a salesroom and a summer cottage over the years. He was a member of the board of directors of the campmeeting association for several years. Very popular were his singing sessions on the campground square between suppertim and evening services, and a final sing into the small hours of the night following the final service of the campmeeting.
--Leonard Ellinwood, DNAH Archives
F. A. Blackmer
John R. Sweney
1837 - 1899 Person Name: J. R. Sweney Composer of "[Cast thy bread upon the waters]" in Songs for the Ransomed John R. Sweney (1837-1899) was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and exhibited musical abilities at an early age. At nineteen he was studying with a German music teacher, leading a choir and glee club, and performing at children’s entertainments. By twenty-two he was teaching at a school in Dover, Delaware. Soon thereafter, he was put in charge of the band of the Third Delaware Regiment of the Union Army for the duration of the Civil War. After the war, he became Professor of Music at the Pennsylvania Military Academy, and director of Sweney’s Cornet Band. He eventually earned Bachelor and Doctor of Music degrees at the Academy.
Sweney began composing church music in 1871 and became well-known as a leader of large congregations. His appreciators stated “Sweney knows how to make a congregation sing” and “He had great power in arousing multitudes.” He also became director of music for a large Sunday school at the Bethany Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia of which John Wanamaker was superintendent (Wanamaker was the founder of the first major department store in Philadelphia). In addition to his prolific output of hymn melodies and other compositions, Sweney edited or co-edited about sixty song collections, many in collaboration with William J. Kirkpatrick. Sweney died on April 10, 1899, and his memorial was widely attended and included a eulogy by Wanamaker.
Joe Hickerson from "Joe's Jottings #9" used by permission
John R. Sweney
