How shall we know the Christ of God of all who make the claim?
How can we tell who has the right to bear the saving name?
Oh, there’s a test, a perfect test, infallible to guide:
’Tis Christ, we know, if He can show the wounded hands and side.
How can we tell the one true light from all the lights that shine?
So many gleam and glow and stream and boast a source divine;
Oh, there’s a test, a perfect test, infallible to guide:
The one true light can always show the wounded hands and side.
How can we prove what Word is true of all the words we hear?
So many voices through the world are sounding loud and clear;
Oh, there’s a test, a perfect test, infallible to guide:
The one true Word can always show the wounded hands and side.
How can we know which way to take of all the ways there are?
So many wide and pleasant roads are winding near and far;
Oh, there’s a test, a perfect test, infallible to guide:
The one true way can always show the wounded hands and side.
A. J. Flint