| Alfred H. Miles, ed. The Sacred Poets of the Nineteenth Century. 1907. | | | | Trust in God (“Courage, brother!”) | | By Norman Macleod (1812–1872) |
| | | COURAGE, brother! do not stumble, | |
| Though thy path is dark as night; | |
| There’s a star to guide the humble: | |
| “Trust in God, and do the right.” | |
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| Let the road be long and dreary, | 5 |
| And its ending out of sight; | |
| Foot it bravely, strong or weary; | |
| “Trust in God, and do the right.” | |
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| Perish “policy” and cunning, | |
| Perish all that fears the light! | 10 |
| Whether losing, whether winning, | |
| “Trust in God, and do the right.” | |
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| Trust no forms of guilty passion, | |
| Fiends can look like angels bright; | |
| Trust no custom, school, or fashion, | 15 |
| “Trust in God, and do the right.” | |
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| Trust no party, Church, or faction; | |
| Trust no leaders in the fight; | |
| But, in every word and action, | |
| “Trust in God, and do the right.” | 20 |
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| Some will hate thee, some will love thee, | |
| Some will flatter, some will slight; | |
| Cease from man, and look above thee; | |
| “Trust in God, and do the right.” | |
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| Simple rule, and safest guiding; | 25 |
| Inward peace, and inward light; | |
| Star upon our path abiding: | |
| “Trust in God, and do the right.” | | | | |
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