| 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 careBy the energy of prayer:
 Strong in faith, with mind subdued,
 Yet elate with gratitude!
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