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

Further along we'll know more about it
Further along we'll understand why
Cheer up, my brother, come sing in the sunshine
We'll understand it all by and by

When death has come and taken our loved ones
It leaves our home so lonely and drear
Then shall we wonder why others prosper
Living so wicked year after year

Further along we'll know more about it
Further along we'll understand why
Cheer up, my brother, come sing in the sunshine
We'll understand it all by and by

"Faithful till death", said our loving Master
A few more days to labor and wait
Toils of the road will then seem as nothing
When we pass through that beautiful gate

Further along we'll know more about it
Further along we'll understand why
Cheer up, my brother, come sing in the sunshine
We'll understand it all by and by
We'll understand it all by and by