| Alfred H. Miles, ed. The Sacred Poets of the Nineteenth Century. 1907. | | | Hymns.
V. “Day by day the manna fell” | | By Josiah Conder (1789–1855) |
| | | DAY by day the manna fell; | |
| Oh, to learn this lesson well! | |
| Still, by constant mercy fed, | |
| Give me, Lord, my daily bread. | |
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| “Day by day,” the promise reads; | 5 |
| Daily strength for daily needs: | |
| Cast foreboding fears away; | |
| Take the manna of to-day. | |
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| Lord, my times are in Thy hand. | |
| All my sanguine hopes have planned | 10 |
| To Thy wisdom I resign, | |
| And would make Thy purpose mine. | |
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| Thou my daily task shalt give: | |
| Day by day to Thee I live: | |
| So shall added years fulfil, | 15 |
| Not my own,—my Father’s will. | |
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| Fond ambition, whisper not; | |
| Happy is my humble lot. | |
| Anxious, busy cares, away; | |
| I’m provided for to-day. | 20 |
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| Oh, to live exempt from care | |
| By the energy of prayer; | |
| Strong in faith, with mind subdued, | |
| Yet elate with gratitude. | | | | |
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