We’ll Understand It Better By and By

We are tossed and driv’n

On the rest­less sea of time;

Somber skies and howl­ing tem­pests

Oft suc­ceed a bright sun­shine;

In that land of per­fect day

When the mists have rolled away

We will un­der­stand it bet­ter by and by.

By and by

when the morn­ing comes

When the saints of God are gath­ered home

We’ll tell the sto­ry how we’ve ov­er­come

For we’ll un­der­stand it bet­ter by and by.

We are oft­en des­ti­tute

Of the things that life de­mands

Want of food and want of shel­ter

Thirsty hills and bar­ren lands;

We are trust­ing in the Lord

And ac­cord­ing to God’s Word

We will un­der­stand it bet­ter by and by.

Trials dark on ev­ery hand

And we can­not un­der­stand

All the ways that God could lead us

To that bless­èd pro­mised land;

But He guides us with His eye

And we’ll fol­low till we die

For we’ll un­der­stand it bet­ter by and by.

Temptations

hid­den snares

Often take us un­awares

And our hearts are made to bleed

For a thought­less word or deed;

And we won­der why the test

When we try to do our best

But we’ll un­der­stand it bet­ter by and by.