# Obedience **Verse 1** Can you be obedient   To the Lord of all, Though the earth should totter,   Though the heav’ns should fall? Face e’en a disaster   With a faith-filled heart, Knowing naught can harm him   Who with Christ will start? **Verse 2** Can you be obedient   To the Lord you serve, Never even flinch, friend,   Never even swerve; Though your next step onward   Seem to lead to death? Can you *then* obey Him   Without bated breath? **Verse 3** Can you trust your Leader   When He bids you go Right into a battle   With a mighty foe? Can you step up briskly   And with joy obey? Can you fight the battle,   Till the end of day? **Verse 4** Can you? Then beloved,   God just waits for you; Listen for His orders,   Glad His will to do; Then when soldiers muster   At the set of sun, And your name is mentioned,   Christ will say, “Well done.” --- Meter: 6.5.6.5.D Earliest Known Publication: *The Overcomer Magazine*, May 1923, Vol V No. 4, Page 63 edited by Mrs. Jessie Penn-Lewis Tune: EVELYNS Hymnals: - *Songs and Hymns of Life*: 353 - *Hymns*: 657 - *Christ in Song*: 588 - *Hymns for the Little Flock*: 70