Sometime We'll Understand
- Words:
- Maxwell N. Cornelius
- Music:
- James McGranahan
Sheet music
- 1Not now, but in the coming years,It may be in the better land,We’ll read the meaning of our tears,And there, some time, we’ll understand.Then trust in God thru all the days;Fear not, for He doth hold thy hand; (thy hand;)Though dark thy way, still sing and praise,Some time, some time we’ll understand.
- 2We’ll catch the broken thread again,And finish what we here began;Heav’n will the mysteries explain,And then, ah then, we’ll understand.Then trust in God thru all the days;Fear not, for He doth hold thy hand; (thy hand;)Though dark thy way, still sing and praise,Some time, some time we’ll understand.
- 3We’ll know why clouds instead of sunWere over many a cherished plan;Why song has ceased when scarce begun;’Tis there, some time, we’ll understand.Then trust in God thru all the days;Fear not, for He doth hold thy hand; (thy hand;)Though dark thy way, still sing and praise,Some time, some time we’ll understand.
- 4God knows the way, He holds the key,He guides us with unerring hand;Some time with tearless eyes we’ll see;Yes, there, up there, we’ll understand.Then trust in God thru all the days;Fear not, for He doth hold thy hand; (thy hand;)Though dark thy way, still sing and praise,Some time, some time we’ll understand.
In the hymnals
- Written in 1891, the words are in 124 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.