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
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
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
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
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
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
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