O it is hard to work for God

Verse 1

O, it is hard to work for God, To rise and take his part Upon this battle-field of earth, And not sometimes lose heart!

Verse 2

He hides himself so wondrously, As though there were no God; He is least seen when all the powers Of ill are most abroad;

Verse 3

Or he deserts us in the hour The fight is all but lost, And seems to leave us to ourselves Just when we need him most.

Verse 4

It is not so, but so it looks; And we lose courage then; And doubts will come though God hath kept His promises to men.

Verse 5

But right is right, since God is God; And right the day must win; To doubt would be disloyalty, To falter would be sin!