Let but my fainting heart be blest With Thy sweet Spirit for its Guest; My God, to Thee I leave the rest— “Thy will be done.” For comments on Charlotte Elliott see Hymn 233. _MUSIC._ HANFORD was written for “Jesus, my Saviour, look on me,” another of Miss Elliott’s hymns. The composer, who often stayed in the home of Mrs. Gertrude Clay-Ker-Seymer at Hanford, in Dorsetshire, wrote the tune there, hence its name. For comments on the composer, Arthur Sullivan, see Hymn 113. 246. Give to the winds thy fears _Paul Gerhardt_, 1607-76 _Tr. by John Wesley_, 1703-91 A hymn of comfort to the afflicted and courage to the dying. It is a part of Paul Gerhardt’s poem, “_Befiehl du deine Wege_” (558). These are stanzas 9, 10, 12, 13, unaltered, of Wesley’s translation, which contains 16 four-line stanzas. Gerhardt passed through the agonies of the Thirty Years’ War, and suffered, in addition, the loss of his wife and four children. He gives expression in this hymn to his own deep feelings of trust and assurance. His words have helped many anxious souls maintain faith in God who “sitteth on the throne, and ruleth all things well.” For comments on Paul Gerhardt see Hymn 134. For comments on John Wesley, who translated the hymn, see No. 170. _MUSIC._ STATE STREET is a popular tune, scarcely any hymn book missing it, but it is not wedded to any single hymn. The composer, J. C. Woodman, 1813-94, born at Newbury, Mass., became one of Lowell Mason’s assistants in introducing music into the public schools of Boston. He was one of the first soloists of the Boston Academy of Music and served for a time as organist of the First Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn. In 1858, Woodman compiled _The Musical Casket_, which contained many of his songs, sacred and secular. “State Street” is the last tune in the book, set to Watts’ lyric, “Blessed are the sons of peace.” 247. Day by day the manna fell _Josiah Conder_, 1789-1855 A hymn of confidence that God will supply daily strength for daily needs, based on Exodus 16:12-21 and the petition in the Lord’s Prayer, “Give us this day our daily bread.” The hymn suggests a Jewish story quoted by W. F. Tillett in _The Hymns and Hymn Writers of the Church_: The pupils of Rabbi Ben Jochai once asked him with regard to the manna sent to the Israelite host in the wilderness: “Why did not the Lord furnish enough manna to Israel for a year all at one time?” “I will answer you with a parable,” responded the teacher. “Once there was a king who had a son to whom he gave a yearly allowance, paying him the entire sum on a fixed day. It soon happened that the day on which the allowance was due was the only day in the year when the father ever saw the son. So the king changed his plan and gave his son day by day that which sufficed for the day. And now the son visited his father every morning. Thus God dealt with Israel.”