Not now, but in the coming years, It may be in the better land,
We'll read the meaning of our tears, And there, sometime, we'll understand.
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Then trust in God thro' all thy days;
Fear not, for he doth hold thy hand
Tho' dark thy way, still sing and praise;
Sometime, sometime, we'll understand. (Last verse: Amen.)
We'll catch the bro-ken thread again, And finish what we here began;
Heaven will the mysteries explain, And then, ah then, we'll understand.
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We'll know why clouds instead of sun Were over many a cherished plan;
Why song has ceased when scarce begun; 'Tis there, sometime, we'll understand.
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Why what we long for most of all, Eludes so oft our eager hand;
Why hopes are crushed and castles fall, Up there, sometime, we'll understand.
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God knows the way, he holds the key, He guides us with unerring hand;
Sometime with tearless eye we'll see ; Yes, there, up there, we'll understand.
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