TELL ME FRIEND WHY ARE YOU BLIND?
WHY DOESN’T HE WHO WORKED THE MIRACLES SEND LIGHT INTO YOUR EYES?
TELL ME FRIEND IF YOU UNDERSTAND.
WHY DOESN’T HE WITH POWER TO RAISE THE DEAD JUST MAKE YOU WHOLE AGAIN?
IT WOULD BE SO EASY FOR HIM.
I WATCHED YOU AND IN SOROW QUESTION WHY THEN YOU,
MY FRIEND IN PERFECT FAITH REPLY:
DIDN’T HE SAY HE SENT US TO BE TESTED?
DIDN’T HE SAY THE WAY WOULD NOT BE SURE?
BUT DIDN’T HE SAY WE COULD LIVE WITH HIM FOREVER MORE,
WELL AND WHOLE IF WE BUT PATIENTLY ENDURE?
AFTER THE TRIAL WE WILL BE BLESSED,
BUT THIS LIFE IS THE TEST.
2. TELL ME FRIEND I SEE YOUR PAIN,
WHY, WHEN YOU PRAY IN FAITH FOR HEALING,
DOES THE CRIPPLING THORN REMAIN?
HELP ME SEE IF YOU UNDERSTAND,
WHY DOESN’T HE WHO HEALED THE LAME MAN COME WITH HEALING IN HIS WINGS?
I WATCHED YOU AND IN SOROW QUESTION WHY THEN YOU,
MY FRIEND IN PERFECT FAITH REPLY:
DIDN’T HE SAY HE SENT US TO BE TESTED?
DIDN’T HE SAY THE WAY WOULD NOT BE SURE?
BUT DIDN’T HE SAY WE COULD LIVE WITH HIM FOREVER MORE,
WELL AND WHOLE IF WE BUT PATIENTLY ENDURE?
AFTER THE TRIAL WE WILL BE BLESSED,
BUT THIS LIFE IS THE TEST.
3. TELL ME LOVE, WHY MUST YOU DIE?
WHY MUST YOUR LOVED ONES STAND WITH EMPTY ARMS AND ASK THE QUESTION WHY?
HELP ME TO KNOW, SO I CAN DO ON.
HOW, WHEN LOVE AND FAITH SUSTAINED ME, CAN THE PRECIOUS GIFT BE GONE?
FROM THE DEPTS OF SORROW I CRY.
THOUGH PAINS OF GRIEF WITHIN MY SOUL ARISE THE WHISPERING OF THE SPIRIT STILL MY CRIES:
DIDN’T HE SAY HE SENT US TO BE TESTED?
DIDN’T HE SAY THE WAY WOULD NOT BE SURE?
BUT DIDN’T HE SAY WE COULD LIVE WITH HIM FOREVER MORE,
WELL AND WHOLE IF WE BUT PATIENTLY ENDURE?
AFTER THE TRIAL WE WILL BE BLESSED,
BUT THIS LIFE IS THE TEST