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Text:O, it is hard to work for God
Author:Frederick W. Faber
Tune:ARLINGTON
Composer:Thomas A. Arne

600. O, it is hard to work for God

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!

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;

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.

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.

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!

Text Information
First Line: O, it is hard to work for God
Author: Frederick W. Faber
Publication Date: 1886
Topic: The Christian: Warfare and Pilgrimage
Tune Information
Name: ARLINGTON
Composer: Thomas A. Arne
Meter: C. M.
Key: G Major or modal
Notes: Alternate tunes: #399, 179, or 644.



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