207 We'll Understand It Better By and By

1 We are often tossed and driv’n on the restless sea of time, Somber skies and howling tempest 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.

Refrain: By and by when the morning comes, When the saints of God are gathered home, We’ll tell the story how we’re overcome; For we’ll understand it by and by, by and by.

2 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 His word, We will understand it better by and by, by and by. [Refrain]

3 Trials dark on ev’ry hand, and we cannot understand, All the ways that God would lead us to that blessed 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, by and by. Refrain

4 Temptations, hidden snares often take us unawares, And our hearts are made to bleed for many 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, by and by. [Refrain]