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.
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Farther along we'll know all about it.
Farther along we'll understand why.
Cheer up my brothers, live in the sunshine;
We'll understand it all by and by.
Faithful to death is our loving saviour,
A few more days labour and wait.
Toils of the road will then be as nothing,
As we walk through that beautiful gate.
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When we see Jesus coming in glory;
When He comes from His home in the sky;
Then we shall meet Him in that bright mansion;
We'll understand it all by and by.
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Often I wonder why I must journey
Over a road so rugged and steep;
While there are others living in comfort;
While with the lost I labour and weep.
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