1. Not now, but in the coming years,
  It may be when with Christ we stand,
  We'll read the meaning of our tears,
  And there, sometime, we'll understand.
(Chorus:)
  Then trust in God through all thy days;
  Fear not, for He doth hold thy hand;
  Though dark thy way, still sing and praise,
  Sometime, sometime, we'll understand.
2. We'll catch the broken thread again,
  And finish what we here began;
  God will the mysteries explain,
  And then, ah, then, we'll understand.
3. We'll know why clouds instead of sun
  Were over many a cherished plan;
  Why song has ceased when scarce begun;
  'Tis then, sometime, we'll understand.
(Chorus:)
  Then trust in God through all thy days;
  Fear not, for He doth hold thy hand;
  Though dark thy way, still sing and praise,
  Sometime, sometime, we'll understand.
4. Why what we long for most of all,
  Eludes so oft our eager hand;
  Why hopes are crushed and castles fall,
  Till then, sometime, we'll understand.
5. God know the way, He holds the key,
  He guides us with unerring hand;
  Sometime with tearless eyes we'll see;
  Yes, then, 'tis then, we'll understand.
(Chorus:)
  Then trust in God through all thy days;
  Fear not, for He doth hold thy hand;
  Though dark thy way, still sing and praise,
  Sometime, sometime, we'll understand.