If

If you can trust when everyone about you Is doubting Him, proclaiming Him untrue;

If you can hope in Christ, tho' all forsake you And say 'tis not the thing for you to do;

If you can wait on God, nor wish to hurry, Or, being greatly used, keep humble still;

Or If you're tested, still refuse to worry, And so remain within His sovereign will;

If you can say, 'tis well, when sorrow greets you, And death has taken those you hold most dear;

if you can smile when adverse trials meet you, And be content e'en tho' your lot be drear;

If you can be reviled and never murmur, Or being tempted, not give way to sin;

If you fight for right and stand the firmer, Or lose the battle when you ought to win---

If you can really long for His appearing, And therefore set your heart on things above;

If you can speak for Christ in spite of sneering, Or to the most unlovely one show love;

If you can hear the call of God to labour, And answer, "Yes" in yieldness and trust, And go to tell the story of the Saviour To souls in darkness o'er the desert dust;

If you can pray when Satan's darts are strongest, And take the road of faith instead of sight; Or walk with God, e'en tho' His way be longest, And swerve not to the left nor to the right;

If you desire Himself alone to fill you, For Him alone you care to live and be;

Then 'tis not you, but CHRIST Who dwelleth in And that, 0 child of God, Is victory!

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