Ask, and Ye Shall Receive (Havens)

O pray­ing one

who long has prayed

And yet no an­swer heard

Have ye been some­times half afraid

God might not keep His word?

Seems pray­er to fall on deaf­ened ears?

Does Heav’n seem blind and dumb?

Is hope de­ferred? Be­lieve—be­lieve—

The an­swer time will come!

Ask what ye will—His word is true

His pow­er is all di­vine;

Ye can­not test His love too far;

His ut­most shall be thine.

God does not mock be­liev­ing pray­er;

Ye shall not go un­fed!

He gives no ser­pent for a fish

Nor gives He stones for bread.

Thy in­most long­ings may be told;

The hopes that turned to shame

The emp­ty life

the thwart­ed plans;

The good that nev­er came.

Say not

The pro­mise is not mine

God did not hear me pray;

I prayed—I trust­ed ful­ly—but

The grave hath bar­red the way.

God heard Thee—He hath not for­got

Faith shall at length pre­vail!

Yea—know it! Not one small­est jot

Of all His word can fail.

For if ye tru­ly have be­lieved

Not vain hath been thy pray­er!

As God is true

thy hope shall come—

Sometime

some way

some­where.