1126    C.M.     John Newton
“It is manna.” Exod. 16. 15-21; 2 Cor. 8. 15

1 The manna, favoured Israel’s meat,
  Was gathered day by day;
  When all the host was served, the heat
  Melted the rest away.

2 In vain to hoard it up they tried,
  Against tomorrow came;
  It then bred worms and putrefied;
  And proved their sin and shame.

3 So truths by which the soul is fed
  Must e’er be had afresh;
  For notions resting in the head
  Will only feed the flesh.

4 Nor can the best experience past
  The life of faith maintain;
  The brightest hope will faint at last,
  Unless supplied again.

5 Dear Lord, while in thy house we’re found,
  Do thou the manna give;
  O let it fall on us around,
  That we may eat and live.