Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1815
Compiler: John Thompson et al
Publisher/Printer: Looker and Wallace
First Line: The manna favor'd Israel's meat
Topic: Awakening
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 17
Page Number: 018, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsThe manna favor'd Israel's meat,
Was gather'd, day by day;
When all the host was serv'd, the heat
Melted the rest away.
In vain to hoard it up they tri'd;
Against to-morrow came;
It then bred worms and putrifi'd;
And prov'd their sin and shame.
'Twas daily bread, and would not keep,
But must be still renewed;
Faith should not want a hoard nor heap,
But trust the Lord for food.
The truths by which the soul is fed,
Must thus be had a fresh;
For notions, resting in the head,
Will only feed the flesh.
However, true, they give no life,
Nor unction do impart;
They breed the worms of pride and strife,
But cannot cheer the heart.
Nor can the best experience past,
Tho life of faith maintain,
The brightest hope will faint at last,
Unless reviv'd again.
Dear Lord, while we in prayer are found,
Do thou the manna give;
O! let it fall on all around,
That we may eat and live.