C. A. Tindley's Lament

This brave world is a battlefield But if in my heart I don’t sigh Burdens they may beat us down But men will have plenty by and by The day is dark, it won’t be long I spread the news from pole to pole This brave world is a battlefield But men will have plenty by and by The gay things are gone and the summer is past So poorly clad in the cold winter blast And underneath the leafless limbs of the tree The gay things are gone with the cold winter blast We are traveling through this world Out of time into somber skies The wind blows, the wave breaks But we’ll overcome by and by No people on the pavement No children on the street The sinners cry in conquest and defeat Watching and waiting for humble redemption Children and sinners cry in conquest and defeat We are traveling through this world Out of time into somber skies The wind blows, the wave breaks But we’ll overcome by and by When this world is failing And friends are far away I want to sink in deep dispair But faith will find a way There is a truth that's to be seen In all these days of pain and danger When this world is failing Faith will find a way We are traveling through this world Out of time into somber skies The wind blows, the wave breaks But we’ll overcome by and by Tempest succeeds a sunshine When the mist is rolling away Pilgrims walk for a timeout of time We’ ll overcome day by day When life is hard and life is heavy And there’s no ray that shines Tempest succeeds a sunshine We’ ll overcome day by day We are traveling through this world Out of time into somber skies The wind blows, the wave breaks But we’ll overcome by and by