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I: The manna, favour'd Israel's meat, / Was gather'd day by day; / When all the host was served, the heat / Melted the rest away.
II: In vain to hoard it up they tried / Against to-morrow came; / It then bred worms and putrified, / And proved their sin and shame.
III: '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.
IV: The truths by which the soul is fed / Must thus be had afresh; / For notions resting in the head / Will only feed the flesh:
V: However true, they have no life / Or unction to impart; / They breed the worms of pride and strife, / But cannot cheer the heart.
VI: Nor can the best experience past / The life of faith maintain; / The brightest hope will faint at last / Unless supplied again.
VII: Dear Lord, while we in prayer are found, / Do thou the manna give; / Oh let it fall on all around, / That we may eat and live!