let go of the old

Let, let go of the old,
And lay, lay hold on the new,
In laying it down a new life is found
There a new life waits for you.

Cast your bread upon the waters
After many days it shall return.
If you pour out your soul
Not a part, but the whole
There a new life waits for you.

In saving you life, you will lose it,
But by losing your life, you will find it,
Down in the ground that’s where life is found,
There a new life waits for you.