O, it is hard to work for God
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O, it is hard to work for God,To rise and take his partUpon this battle-field of earth,And not sometimes lose heart!
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He hides himself so wondrously,As though there were no God;He is least seen when all the powersOf ill are most abroad;
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Or he deserts us in the hourThe fight is all but lost,And seems to leave us to ourselvesJust when we need him most.
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It is not so, but so it looks;And we lose courage then;And doubts will come though God hath keptHis promises to men.
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But right is right, since God is God;And right the day must win;To doubt would be disloyalty,To falter would be sin!