BY AND BY CHORUS: Well Children by and by when the morning comes All the saints of God are gathered home We will tell the story how we've overcome And we'll understand it better by and by Trials dark on every hand and we cannot understand All the ways God would lead us to the blessed promised land He will guide us with his eye and we'll follow 'til we die And we'll understand it better by and by. CHORUS Temptations, hidden snares, often take us unaware And our hearts are made to bleed for some thoughless 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 CHORUS Well Children by and by when the morning comes All the saints of God are gathered home We will tell the story how we've overcome And we'll understand it better by and by ... And we'll understand it better by and by