Manna

I

Manna to Israel well supplied
The want of other bread;
While God is able to provide,
His people shall be fed.

II

(Thus though the corn and wine should fail,
And creature-streams be dry,
The prayer of faith will still prevail
For blessings from on high.)

III

Of his kind care how sweet a proof;
It suited every taste:
Who gather’d most had just enough⁠—
Enough who gather’d least.

IV

’Tis thus our gracious Lord provides
Our comforts and our cares;
His own unerring hand divides,
And gives us each our shares.

V

He knows how much the weak can bear,
And helps them when they cry;
The strongest have no strength to spare,
For such he’ll strongly try.

VI

Daily they saw the manna come
And cover all the ground;
But what they tried to keep at home
Corrupted soon was found.

VII

Vain their attempt to store it up,
This was to tempt the Lord:
Israel must live by faith and hope,
And not upon a hoard.