Day By Day

Day by Day (And With Each Passing Moment)
Words by Carolina Sandell (Trans. by A. L. Skoog).
Music by Oscar Ahnfeldt.  Public Domain.

 A      D                          Em
Day by day, and with each passing moment,
 Em         A                      D
Strength I find to meet my trials here;
  A      D                       Em
Trusting in my Father's wise bestowment,
 Em      A                      D
I've no cause for worry or for fear.
           D                        G
He, whose heart is kind beyond all measure,
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Gives unto each day what He deems best,
 A    D                        Em
Lovingly its part of pain and pleasure,
 Em       A                   D
Mingling toil with peace and rest.

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 Pow'r.
The protection of His child and treasure
Is a charge that on Himself He laid;
"As they days, thy strength shall be in measure,"
This the pledge to me He made.

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 I reach the promised land.

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