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About this Hymn
Lina Sandell drew her inspiration for this hymn from Jane Taylor's short story "The Discontented Pendulum." The message is perhaps best summarized by Sandell's paraphrase of Matthew 6:34, "We worry about tomorrow before tomorrow comes. And yet the Lord has said: 'It is enough that each day has its own pain.' Oh, how foolish to want to add to the present moment the weight of the future." – Brett Nelson
Lyrics
Verse 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.
Verse 2
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 your days, your strength shall be in measure," this the pledge to me he made.
Verse 3
Help me then in ev'ry tribulation so to trust your promises, O Lord, that I lose not faith's sweet consolation offered me within your 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.
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.
Verse 2
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 your days, your strength shall be in measure," this the pledge to me he made.
Verse 3
Help me then in ev'ry tribulation so to trust your promises, O Lord, that I lose not faith's sweet consolation offered me within your 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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Attribution & Copyright
Words: Lina Sandell, 1866; tr. Andrew L. Skoog, 1921
Music: Oscar Ahnfelt, 1872
Music: Oscar Ahnfelt, 1872