Manna to Israel well supplied <br />The want of other bread; <br />While God is able to provide, <br />His people shall be fed. <br /> <br />Thus though the corn and wine should fail, <br />And creature-streams be dry; <br />The prayer of faith will still prevail, <br />For blessings from on high. <br /> <br />Of his kind care how sweet a proof! <br />It suited every taste; <br />Who gathered most, had just enough, <br />Enough, who gathered least. <br /> <br />'Tis thus our gracious Lord provides <br />Our comforts and our cares; <br />His own unerring hand provides, <br />And gives us each our shares. <br /> <br />He knows how much the weak can bear, <br />And helps them when they cry; <br />The strongest have no strength to spare, <br />For such he'll strongly try. <br /> <br />Daily they saw the Manna come, <br />And cover all the ground; <br />But what they tried to keep at home, <br />Corrupted soon was found. <br /> <br />Vain their attempt to store it up, <br />This was to tempt the Lord; <br />Israel must live by faith and hope, <br />And not upon a hoard.<br /><br />John Newton<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/manna-to-israel-well-supplied/
