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

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

Sometimes I wonder why I must suffer
Go in the rain, the cold, and the snow
When there are many living in comfort
Giving no heed to all I can do

Tempted and tried, how often we question
Why we must suffer year after year
Being accused by those of our loved ones

E'en though we've walked in God's holy fear

When death has come and 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

'Faithful till death' said our loving Master;
Short is our time to labor and wait;
Then will our toiling seem to be nothing
When we shall pass that beautiful gate

Soon we will see our dear, loving Master
Hear the last trumpet sound through the sky;
Then we will meet those gone on before us
Then we shall know and understand why