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 ♪ 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 thy 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 'Til I reach the Promised Land 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 'Til I reach the Promised Land