Day By Day The Manna Fell

Day by day the manna fell;

O to learn this lesson well!

Still by constant mercy fed,

Give me Lord, my daily bread.

"Day by day," the promise reads,

Daily strength for daily needs;

Cast foreboding fears away;

Take the manna of today.

Lord! my times are in Thy hand;

All my sanguine hopes have planned,

To Thy wisdom I resign,

And would make Thy purpose mine.

Thou my daily task shalt give;

Day by day to Thee I live;

So shall added years fulfill,

Not my own, my Father's will.

Fond ambition, whisper not;

Happy is my humble lot.

Anxious, busy cares away;

I'm provided for today.

Oh, to live exempt from care

By the energy of prayer:

Strong in faith, with mind subdued,

Yet elate with gratitude!