Farther Along

Tempted and tried

we’re oft made to wonder

Why it should be thus all the day long;

While there are others living about us

Never molested

though in the wrong.

Farther along we’ll know more about it

Farther along we’ll understand why;

Cheer up

my brother

live in the sunshine

We’ll understand it all by and by.

Sometimes I wonder why I must suffer

Go in the rain

the cold

and the snow

When there are many living in comfort

Giving no heed to all I can do.

Tempted and tried

how often we question

Why we must suffer year after year

Being accused by those of our loved ones

E’en though we’ve walked in God’s holy fear.

Often when death has taken our loved ones

Leaving our home so lone and so drear

Then do we wonder why others prosper

Living so wicked year after year.

“Faithful till death

” saith our loving Master;

Short is our time to labor and wait;

Then will our toiling seem to be nothing

When we shall pass the heavenly gate.

Soon we will see our dear

loving Savior

Hear the last trumpet sound through the sky;

Then we will meet those gone on before us

Then we shall know and understand why.