Not now, but in the coming years (Hymn 715)

Verse 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. Verse 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. Verse 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. Verse 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. Verse 5: God knows 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.