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Show “We’ll Understand It Better By and By” VERSE 1: ff We are often tossed and driven 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. CHORUS: By and by, when the morning, 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. © VERSE 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, when the morning, when the saints of CHORUS: God are gathered home; We'll tell the story how weve overcome, for we'll understand it better by and by. Trials dark on every hand, and we _ cannot VERSE 3: 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, we will understand it better by and by. By and by, when the morning, when the saints of CHORUS: God are gathered home; We'll tell the story how weve overcome, for we'll understand it better by and by. — VERSE 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've tried to do our best. But we'll understand it better by and by. CHORUS: By and by, when the morning, when God are gathered home; We'll tell the story overcome, for we'll understand it better by and by. (2) the saints of how we ve | |
