We'll Understand It Better By and By

Verse 1
We are tossed and driv’n (James 1:6)
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. (I Cor. 13:12)

Chorus
By and by, when the morn­ing comes,
When the saints of God are gath­ered home, (Matt. 24:31, I Thess. 4:16-17, II Thess. 2:1)
We’ll tell the sto­ry how we’ve ov­er­come,
For we’ll un­der­stand it bet­ter by and by. (I Cor. 13:12, John 13:7)

Verse 2
We are oft­en des­ti­tute
Of the things that life de­mands,
Want of food and want of shel­ter,
Thirsty hills and bar­ren lands; (Ps. 107:4-5, Heb. 11:37-38)
We are trust­ing in the Lord, (Ps. 37:3, Prov. 3:5)
And ac­cord­ing to God’s Word,
We will un­der­stand it bet­ter by and by. (I Cor. 13:12)

Verse 3
Trials dark on ev­ery hand,
And we can­not un­der­stand
All the ways that God could lead us (Deut. 8:2)
To that bless­èd pro­mised land; (Ex. 12:25, Deut. 6:3, Deut. 9:28, Deut. 19:8, Deut. 27:3, Joshua 23:5)
But He guides us with His eye, (Ps. 32:8)
And we’ll fol­low till we die, (Ps. 48:14)
For we’ll un­der­stand it bet­ter by and by. (I Cor. 13:12)

Verse 4
Temptations, hid­den snares
Often take us un­awares, (Ecc. 9:12)
And our hearts are made to bleed
For 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. (I Cor. 13:12)