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Day by day, and with each passing moment,
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Strength I find, to meet my trials here;
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Trusting in my Father’s wise bestowment,
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I’ve no cause for worry or for fear.
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He whose heart is kind beyond all measure
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Gives un-to each day what He deems best—
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Loving-ly, its part of pain and pleasure,
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Mingling toil with peace and rest.
Every 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 Power;
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 every 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.
Words: 1865 by Lina Sandell
Music: Blott en Dag 1872 by Oskar Ahnfelt
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