Lyrics:

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.

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.

William Stevens