(Lina was the daughter of a pastor from Sweden. Her health was always frail, yet she lived to be 71. She wrote over 120 hymns. When she was younger, she and her father rode on a boat, and her father fell in, and she watched him drown to death. It was right after this time of grief that she wrote this hymn and others.
I have had this hymn hung up for many years and read it almost every day. It is my favorite hymn.)
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 Thy 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 with Christ the Lord I stand.
Day by Day and with each Passing Moment (By: Lina Sandell)
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