Hymn Meditation: Day by Day

"Day by Day" - 1865, Lina Sandell

Day by day and with each passing moment,
 Strength I find to meet my trials here;
 Trusting in my Father's wise bestowment,
 I've no cause for worry or for fear.
 He whose heart is kind beyond all measure
 Gives unto each day what He deems best--
 Lovingly, its part of pain and pleasure,
 Mingling toil with peace and rest.
 
 Ev'ry day the Lord Himself is near me
 With a special mercy for each hour;
 All my cares He fain would bear, and cheer me,
 He whose name is Counselor and Pow'r.
 The protection of His child and treasure
 Is a charge that on Himself He laid;
 "As thy days, thy strength shall be in measure,"
 This the pledge to me He made.
 
 Help me then in eve'ry tribulation
 So to trust Thy promises, O Lord,
 That I lose not faith's sweet consolation
 Offered me within Thy holy Word.
 Help me, Lord, when toil and trouble meeting,
 E'er to take, as from a father's hand,
 One by one, the days, the moments fleeting,
 Till I reach the promised land.

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