CPWI Hymnal ‎#464

464. Day by day, and with each passing moment

1 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.

2 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.

3 Help me then, in every tribulation,
so to trust thy promises, O Lord,
that I lose not faith’s sweet consolation,
offered me within thyr 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.

Text Information

• First Line: Day by day, and with each passing moment
• Swedish Title: Blot en dag, ett ogonblick I sander
• Author: Karolina Wilhelmina (Lina Sandell) Sandell-Berg, 1832-1903 (1865)
• Translator: Andrew L. Skoog, 1856-1934
• Meter: Irregular
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2010
• Topic: General Hymns: Trust in God

Tune Information

• Name: DAY BY DAY
• Composer: Oscar Ahnfelt, 1813-1882 (1872)
• Meter: Irregular
• Key: E♭ Major