Farther Along
- Words:
- W. B. Stevens (1911)
- Music:
- W. B. Stevens (1911)
Sheet music
- 1Tempted and tried, we're oft made to wonderWhy it should be thus all the day long,While there are others living about us,Never molested tho in the wrong.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.
- 2When 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.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.
- 3Faithful 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 sweet thru the beautiful gate.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.
- 4When we see Jesus coming in glory,When He comes fromHis home in the sky;Then we shall meetHim in that bright mansion,We'll understand it all by and by.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.
In the hymnals
- Written in 1927, the words are in 138 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
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