Hymnal for Church and Home ‎#338

338. Sometime We'll Understand

1 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.

Chorus:
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.

2 We'll catch the broken threads again,
And finish what we here began;
Heav'n will the mysteries explain,
And then, ah then, we'll understand. [Chorus]

3 We'll know why clouds instead of sun
Were over many a cherish'd plan;
Why song has ceased when scarce begun;
'Tis there, sometime, we'll understand. [Chorus]

4 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.

5 God knows the way, He holds the key,
He guides us with unerring hand;
Sometime with tearless eyes we'll see;
Yes, there, up there, we'll understand. [Chorus]

Text Information

• First Line: Not now but in the coming years
• Title: Sometime We'll Understand
• Author: Maxwell N. Cornelius
• Refrain First Line: Then trust in God through all thy days
• Meter: 8, 8, 8, 8, with chorus
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1927
• Topic: Spiritual Songs: Selected

Tune Information

• Name: [Not now but in the coming years]
• Composer: James McGranahan
• Meter: 8, 8, 8, 8, with chorus
• Key: A♭ Major