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BOOK I.
EXODUS.
71

And if her faith was firm and strong
Had strong misgivings too.

6. Like her, with hopes and fears we come,
To touch thee if we may ;
Oh ! send us not despairing home,
Send none unheal d away.

15.
Manna.— Exod. xvi, 18.

1 MANNA to Israel well supplied
The want of other bread ;
While God is able to provide,
His people shall be fed.

2 (Thus though the corn and wine should fail,
And creature- streams be dry,
The prayer of faith will still prevail
For blessings from on high.)

3 Of his kind care how sweet a proof ;
It suited every taste :
Who gather d most had just enough
Enough who gather d least.

4 Tis thus our gracious Lord provides
Our comforts and our cares ;
His own unerring hand divides,
And gives us each our shares.

5 He knows how much the weak can bear,
And helps them when they cry ;
The strongest have no strength to spare,
For such he ll strongly try.

6 Daily they saw the manna come
And cover all the ground ;
But what they tried to keep at home
Corrupted soon was found.

7 Vain their attempt to store it up,
This was to tempt the Lord :
Israel must live by faith and hope,
And not upon a hoard.