Christian Hymns ‎#264

264. Through the night of doubt and sorrow

1 Through the night of doubt and sorrow
Onward goes the pilgrim band,
Singing songs of expectation,
Marching to the promised land.
Clear before us through the darkness
Gleams and burns the guiding light;
Brother clasps the hand of brother,
Stepping fearless through the night.

2 One, the light of God’s own presence,
O’er His ransomed people shed,
Chasing far the gloom and terror,
Brightening all the path we tread:
One, the object of our journey,
One, the faith which never tires,
One, the earnest looking forward,
One, the hope our God inspires.

3 One, the strain that lips of thousands
Lift as from the heart of one;
One the conflict, one the peril,
One, the march in God begun:
One, the gladness of rejoicing
On the far eternal shore,
Where the One Almighty Father
Reigns in love for evermore.

4 Onward therefore, pilgrim brothers!
Onward, with the cross our aid!
Bear its shame and fight its battle,
Till we rest beneath its shade!
Soon shall come the great awaking,
Soon, the rending of the tomb,
Then, the scattering of all shadows,
And the end of toil and gloom.

Text Information

• First Line: Through the night of doubt and sorrow
• Meter: 8, 7.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1898
• Topic: Church; Church: One and Universal; Communion of Saints; Life: a pilgrimage; Progress
• Notes: B. S. Ingemann, 1825. Tr. S. Baring-Gould; Norwegian title: Igjennem Nat og Trængsel

Tune Information

• Name: WORLD, FAREWELL! OF THE I'M WEARY
• Composer: T. Rosenmüller (1649)
• Meter: 8, 7.
• Key: F Major