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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. |