Hymnal: A Selection of Christian Hymns
Date: 1818
Compiler: Rice Haggard
Publisher/Printer: John Norvell
First Line: The manna favored Israel's meat
Topic: Awakening
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 16
Page Number: 021, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsThe manna, favored Israel's meat,
Was gathered, day by day;
When all the host was served, the heat
Melted the rest away.
In vain to hoard it up, they tried,
Against tomorrow came;
It then bred worms and putrified,
And proved their sin and shame.
'Twas daily bread, and would not keep,
But must be still renewed:
Faith should not want a hoard or heap,
But trust the Lord for food.
The truths by which the soul is fed,
Must thus be had afresh;
For notions, resting in the head,
Will only feed the flesh.
However true, they given no life,
Nor unction do impart;
They breed the worms of pride & strife,
But cannot cheer the heart.
Nor can the best experience past,
The life of faith maintain;
The brightest hope will faint at last,
Unless revived again.
Dear Lord, while we in prayer are found,
Do thou the manna give;
O! let it fall on ail around,
That we may eat and live.