Day by day the manna fell;

O, to learn this lesson well!

Still by constant mercy fed,

Give us, Lord, our daily bread.

“Day by day,” the promise reads;

Daily strength for daily needs;

Cast foreboding fears away;

Take the manna of to-day.

Lord, our times are in Thy hand;

All our sanguine hopes have planned

To Thy wisdom we resign,

And would mould our wills to Thine.

Thou our daily task shalt give;

Day by day to Thee we live;

So shall added years fulfil

Not our own, our Father’s will.

O, to live exempt from care,

By the energy of prayer;

Strong in faith, with mind subdued,

Glowing yet with gratitude!