In the hour of trial,

1.

In the hour of trial,

Jesus, pray for me,

Lest by base denial

I depart from Thee.

When Thou seest me waver,

With a look recall,

Nor for fear or favor

Suffer me to fall.

2.

With forbidden pleasures

Would this vain world charm,

Or its sordid treasures

Spread to work me harm,

Bring to my remembrance

Sad Gethsemane,

Or, in darker semblance,

Cross-crowned Calvary.

3.

If with sore affliction

Thou in love chastise

Pour Thy benediction

On the sacrifice

Then, upon Thine altar

Freely offered up

Though the flesh may falter

Faith shall drink the cup

4.

When in dust and ashes

To the grave I sink

While heav’ns glory flashes

O’er the shelving brink

On Thy truth relying,

Through that mortal strife,

Jesus, take me, dying,

To eternal life.