Farther Along

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WAR: I gave my life for freedom, this I know;

For those who bade me fight had told me so.

-       W.N. Ewer, b.1885.

   “Ah, sweet mystery of life, at last I found thee!”  the song of the enamoured lover goes.  LIFE remains a mystery, in spite of all the romantic ballads of starry-eyed lovers and the classical wisdom of many, many sages.  For instance:

-       how could it happen that a man wins R10 million (about $1 million) in a national lottery and two years later is arrested, flat-broke and destitute, for stealing R250 (about $25)  from a neighbour's home? 

-       how could it be possible for a woman to own over 500 pairs of shoes (as one Hollywood actress recently boasted)? Bear in mind that over 500 pairs of shoes are over 1000 shoes … how many feet does she have?    

-       how could it happen where a burglar breaks into a house only to be surprised and shot dead by another burglar who had arrived at the same house a little earlier? Was it poetic justice?

King Solomon once wrote these words:

   There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as it were an error which proceedeth from the ruler: folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place.

   I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking like servants upon the earth.  (Ecclesiastes 10:5-10:7 ASV).

    

   All we know is that, farther along, we’ll know all about it.  Farther along, we’ll understand why.  (Please refer to The Weaver, previous post on this blog).    

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Farther Along

(Rev. W.B. Stevens)

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, tho’ in the wrong.

When death has come and taken our loved ones,

It leaves our home so lonely and drear;

Then do we wonder why others prosper,

Living so wicked year after year.

Faithful till death, said our loving Master,

A few more days to labor and wait;

Toils of the road will then seem as nothing,

As we sweep thru the beautiful gate.

When we see Jesus coming in glory,

When He comes from His home in the sky,

Then we shall meet Him in that bright mansion,

We’ll understand it all by and by.

CHORUS

Farther along we’ll know all about it,

Farther along we’ll understand why;

Cheer up, my brother, live in the sunshine,

We’ll understand it all by and by.

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Bibliography

1.     Andrews, Allen (1969)   Quotations For Speakers And Writers.  Newnes Books.  Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd. London.

2.     Peterson, John W. (1966)   Great Hymns Of The Faith. ‘Farther Along’. Favorites No. 6.  Singspiration.  Zondervan Publishing House.  Grand Rapids, Michigan.