Looking for "We'll Understand it Better By and By"

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 2:15 pm

I don't believe this is the title - at least I have not found it under that title but those are the final words of the chorus. It was a gospel song, popular with quartets, and focused on Christ's return. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks much!
Roger Myers

SingerForGod · Post by **SingerForGod** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 2:56 am

We'll UNDERSTAND IT BETTER
Words & Music by Charles A. Tindley

Verse 1
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 comes,
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.

Chorus

Verse 3:
Trials dark on every hand,and we cannot 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,
For we'll understand it better by and by.

Chorus:

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 try to do our best,
But we'll understand it better by and by.

Chorus:

SingerForGod · Post by **SingerForGod** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 2:51 am

I have been thinking about your request for the song above and remembered this one. I'm wondering if it was the one you were looking for. I will post it and hopefully one of the two is the right one.

FARTHER ALONG
Words & Music by W.B.Stevens

Verse 1
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, tho in the wrong.

Chorus
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.

Verse 2
When death has come and taken our loved ones,
It leaves our home so lonely and drear;
Then do we wonder why others prosper,
Living so wicked year after year.

Chorus

Verse 3
Faithful till 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 thru the beautiful gate.

Chorus

Verse 4
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.

Chorus

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Aug 27, 2016 10:13 am

I was looking for "farther along" but was using "we'll understand it all by and by" as the keywords. Thanks for the lyrics to the 2nd song.

gospelsinger46 · Post by **gospelsinger46** » Tue Mar 07, 2017 2:27 am

WE'LL UNDERSTAND IT BETTER BY AND BY (1905)
Words & Music: Charles A Tindley Key: F 4/4

FARTHER ALONG (1937) Key: F 9/8
Words & Music: Rev W B Stevens