When is the time to trust

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.