When is the time to trust?
Is it when all is calm
When waves the victor’s palm
And life is one glad psalm?
Nay! but the time to trust
Is when the waves beat high
When storm clouds fill the sky
And pray’r is one long cry.
When is the time to trust?
Is it when friends are true?
Is it when comforts woo
In all we say and do?
Nay! but the time to trust
Is when we stand alone
And summer birds have flown
And every prop is gone.
When is the time to trust?
Is it some future day
When you have tried your way
And learned to trust and pray?
Nay! but the time to trust
Is in this moment’s need
Poor
broken
bruised reed.
Poor
troubled soul
make speed!
When is the time to trust?
Is it when hopes beat high
When sunshine gilds the sky
With joy and ecstasy?
Nay! but the time to trust
Is when our joy has fled
When sorrow bows the head
And all is cold and dead.