Swedish hymnist Lina Sandell Berg served with
her father in an evangelistic ministry. As they were
travelling by ship, he accidentally fell overboard
and drowned. In need of the comfort that only
God can supply, she wrote the hymn below:
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, it's part of pain and pleasure
Mingling toil with peace and rest.
2. Ev'ry 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 Counsellor and Pow'r.
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 ev'ry 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
Er'er to take, as from a Father's hand,
One by one, the days, the moments fleeting,
Till I reach the Promised Land. "
Help me then in every tribulation
So to trust Thy promises, O Lord
