Author: Unknown; Barney E. Warren Meter: 10.9.10.9 D Appears in 77 hymnals Scripture: Luke 24:13-48 First Line: Tempted and tried, we're oft made to wonder Refrain First Line: Farther along we’ll know more about it Lyrics: 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, though in the wrong.
Refrain:
Farther along we’ll know more about it,
Farther along we’ll understand why;
Cheer up, my brother, live in the sunshine,
We’ll understand it all by and by.
2 Sometimes I wonder why I must suffer,
Go in the rain, the cold, and the snow,
When there are many living in comfort,
Giving no heed to all I can do. [Refrain]
3 Tempted and tried, how often we question
Why we must suffer year after year,
Being accused by those of our loved ones,
E’en though we’ve walked in God’s holy fear. [Refrain]
4 Often when death has taken our loved ones,
Leaving our home so lone and so drear,
Then do we wonder why others prosper,
Living so wicked year after year. [Refrain]
4 “Faithful till death,” saith our loving Master;
Short is our time to labor and wait;
Then will our toiling seem to be nothing,
When we shall pass the heavenly gate. [Refrain]
5 Soon we will see our dear, loving Savior,
Hear the last trumpet sound through the sky;
Then we will meet those gone on before us,
Then we shall know and understand why. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Tempted and tried, we're oft made to wonder] Text Sources: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Farther_Along); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Select Hymns, 1911 (628); Faith Publishing House, Echoes from Heaven, 1976 (24); Faith Publishing House, Echoes from Heaven, 1976 (24
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