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When is the time to trust?
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| 1. | 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. |
| 2. | 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 are flown, |
| | And every prop is gone. |
| 3. | When is the time to trust? |
| | Is it some future day, |
| | When you have tried you way, |
| | And learned to trust and pray? |
| | Nay! but the time to trust |
| | Is in this moment's need, |
| | Poor, broken, bruisd reed, |
| | Poor, troubled soul, make speed! |
| 4. | 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 sorrow bows the head, |
| | And all is cold and dead. |