Can It Be Right?

Can it be right for me to go

On in this dark

un­cer­tain way?

Say

I be­lieve

and yet not know

Whether my sins are put away?

I will no long­er doubt Thee

O Lord!

I will for­ev­er rest in Thy Word.

Can it be right in doubt to wait

Wait for the day that tries the heart

Ere I shall learn what is my state

Fearing the Judge should say

De­part?

Can it be right such loads to bear

While He says

Come

I’ll give you rest?

Bidding me cast on Him my care

Leaning in love

up­on His breast.

Can it be right to doubt His pow­er

Both to for­give and van­quish sin?

Even in tri­als of dark­est hour

Can not His love give peace with­in?

Can it be right no soul to seek

Lest I should prove un­fit to guide?

Can He not teach my tongue to speak

Will He not am­ple strength pro­vide?

Can it be right with such a Lord

Even to dread the hour of death?

Waiting in faith the great re­ward

Calmly I’ll yield my dy­ing breath.