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IVE us this day our daily bread!' Here we have the genuine words of a child who confidently expects his Father to supply all his wants, even to the very smallest. O Father of us all, Thou hast given us a body which is mortal, though Thou didst not make it so at first: — but we disobeyed, and so death became our portion. This weak and mortal body, then, needs food every day, or it will grow faint and perish. Give it to us! Give it of simple kind, and in what quantity is necessary. Let us learn to remember, as we beg for it, that it is Thou Who dost supply it from day to day. Thou givest their daily bread to Thy children, Thy servants, and Thy soldiers, if they are fighting under Thy standard. Let us ask it with confidence, and take it from Thy hand with grateful thanks!