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MANNA by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER

First Line: TWAS IN THE NIGHT THE MANNA FELL
Last Line: ENOUGH. DEAR LORD, WHAT WANT WE MORE?
Subject(s): BLESSINGS; FOOD & EATING; GOD; HUNGER;
'T WAS in the night the manna fell,
That fed the hosts of Israel,

Enough for each day's fullest store
And largest need—enough, no more.

For wilful waste, for prideful show,
God sent not angels' food below.

Still in our nights of deep distress
The manna falls our hearts to bless.

And, famished, as we cry for bread,
With heavenly food our lives are fed.

And each day's need finds each day's store
Enough. Dear Lord, what want we more?



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