Well children by and by when the morning comes

All the saints of God together they come

We will tell the story how the Lord will come

And we'll understand him better by and by



Trials dark on every hand and we cannot understand

All the ways God will lead us

To the blessed promised land

He will guide us with his eye

And we'll follow till we die

And we'll understand him better by and by



Well children by and by when the morning comes

All the saints of God together they come

We will tell the story how the Lord will come

And we'll understand him better by and by



Temptation's hidden snares often take the sun away

And our hearts are made to bleed

For some thoughtless word or deed

And we wonder why the test when we try to do our best

But we'll understand it better by and by



Well children by and by when the morning comes

All the saints of God together they come

We will tell the story how the Lord will come

And we'll understand him better by and by



And we'll understand him better by and by