Sometime We’ll Understand

Not now

but in the com­ing years

It may be in the bet­ter land

We’ll read the mean­ing of our tears

And there

some time

we’ll un­der­stand.

Then trust in God through all the days;

Fear not

for He doth hold thy hand;

Though dark thy way

still sing and praise

Some time

some time we’ll un­der­stand.

We’ll catch the brok­en thread again

And fin­ish what we here be­gan;

Heav’n will the mys­te­ries exp­lain

And then

ah then

we’ll un­der­stand.

We’ll know why clouds in­stead of sun

Were ov­er ma­ny a cher­ished plan;

Why song has ceased when scarce be­gun;

’Tis there

some time

we’ll un­der­stand.

Why what we long for most of all

Eludes so oft our ea­ger hand;

Why hopes are crushed and cast­les fall

Up there

some time

we’ll un­der­stand.

God knows the way

He holds the key

He guides us with un­er­ring hand;

Some time with tear­less eyes we’ll see;

Yes

there

up there

we’ll un­der­stand.