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      When death has come and taken our loved ones   It leaves a home so lonely and drear   Then do we wonder why others prosper   Living so wicked year after year      Farther along, we'll know all about it   Farther along, we'll understand why   Cheer up my brother, live in the sunshine   We'll understand it all by and by      "Faithful 'til death," said our loving master   A few more days to labor and wait   Toils of the road will then seem as nothing   As we sweep through the beautiful gates      Farther along, we'll know all about it   Farther along, we'll understand why   Cheer up my brother, live in the sunshine   We'll understand it all by and by   Yes we'll understand it all by and by