Why Did Our God
Why did our God make a world full of hate?
Was it because he discovered too late
The power of the devil to order our fate
And gave the world to him?
No. This can't be so.
Why did our God let His only Son die?
Was it that men might pass coldly by?
Or historical warning that man should not try
Loving his enemies?
This cannot be so.
Why did He promise the Church His own power?
Was it to last just until that dread hour
When in Satan's weapons man's new strength did tower
To destroy his brother?
No. This was not so.
Why does He bless us with bountiful store?
Why does he then show the millions more
Who starving collapse in relief at death's door?
That we turn then away?
No, this can't be so.
Does God then bid us to live for the day?
Is His love temporarily under the sway
Of the world? And its hatred, its standards, our way,
Our protection?
This can ne'er be so.
Must we still learn to hate people unseen?
Must we not learn from our evil routine
Of destruction and want and the suffering these mean?
Must we not care?
This we must do.
Can we then trust in our God's power alone?
Do we believe He is still on the throne?
That love conquers all, and that victory is won
When secure in His keeping we follow the Son
Love our one weapon until life is done,
And till His kingdom come?
This will be so.
