Classic Poem

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 to-day.

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 fulfil,
Not my own, my Father's will.

O to live exempt from care
By the energy of prayer,
Strong in faith, with mind subdued,
Yet elate with gratitude!