Unanswered Yet?

Unanswered yet?

The pray­ers your lips have plead­ed

In ag­ony of heart these ma­ny years?

Does faith be­gin to fail

is hope de­part­ing

And think you all in vain those fall­ing tears?

Say not the Fa­ther hath not heard your pray­er:

You shall have your de­sire

some­time

some­where

You shall have your de­sire

some­time

som­ewhere.

Unanswered yet?

Though when you first pre­sent­ed

This one pe­ti­tion at the Fa­ther’s throne

It seemed you could not wait the time of ask­ing

So ur­gent was your heart to make it known.

Though years have passed since then

do not des­pair;

The Lord will an­swer you

some­time

some­where

The Lord will an­swer you

some­time

some­where.

Unanswered yet?

Nay

do not say un­grant­ed;

Perhaps your part is not yet whol­ly done;

The work be­gan when first your pray­er was ut­tered

And God will fin­ish what He has be­gun.

If you will keep the in­cense burn­ing there

His glo­ry you shall see

some­time some­where

His glo­ry you shall see

some­time some­where.

Unanswered yet?

Faith can­not be un­an­swered;

Her feet were firm­ly plant­ed on the Rock;

Amid the wild­est storm pray­er stands un­daunt­ed

Nor quail be­fore the loud­est thun­der shock.

She knows Om­ni­po­tence has heard her pray­er

And cries

It shall be done

some­time

some­where

And cries

It shall be done

some­time

some­where.