What Shall It Profit Me Then?

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What shall it profit me by and by, O what shall it profit me then?

Author: Fanny Crosby
Tune: [What shall it profit me by and by] (Vail)
Published in 4 hymnals

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1 What shall it profit me by-and-by,
O, what shall it profit me then?
Whether my pathway on earth was bright,
Whether it led me through dark or light,
Under a gray or a golden sky,
When I look back on it by-and-by?

Refrain:
What shall it profit me then?
What shall it profit me then?
When I look back on it by-and-by,
O, what shall it profit me then?

2 What shall it profit me by-and-by--
O, what shall it profit me then?
Whether in weariness, toil and pain
I have been striving my home to gain--
Striving, not questioning how or why,
If I but rest with Him by-and-by?

Refrain:
What shall it profit me then?
What shall it profit me than?
When I look back on it by-and-by,
What shall it profit me then?

3 What shall it profit me by-and-by--
O, what shall it profit me then?
If I have answered the heavenly call,
Trusted in God as my all in all,
I shall be welcomed to dwell on high--
Dwell with the ransom'd ones by-and-by.

Refrain:
Thus shall it profit me then,
Thus shall it profit me than,
When I look back on it by-and-by,
O, thus shall it profit me then.

4 What shall it profit me by-and-by--
O, what shall it profit me then?
Permit me this--That my gain and loss
Taught my weak spirit to bear the cross;
Bid me look upward to joys on high--
Heaven and happiness by-and-by.

Refrain:
Thus shall it profit me then.
Thus shall it profit me then.
When I look back on it by-and-by,
O, thus shall it profit me then.

Source: International Song Service: with Bright Gems from fifty authors, for Sunday-schools, gospel meetings, missionary and young people's societies, prayer-meetings, etc. #137

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Author: Fanny Crosby

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First Line:	What shall it profit me by and by, O what shall it profit me then?
Title:	What Shall It Profit Me Then?
Author:	Fanny Crosby
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	What shall it profit me then
Publication Date:	1895
Copyright:	Public Domain