The Church Hymnal ‎#583

583. Thro' the night of doubt and sorrow

1 Thro 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, there, 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: Thro' the night of doubt and sorrow
• Translator: S. Baring-Gould
• Author: B. S. Ingemann
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1920
• Topic: General: Processionals

Tune Information

• Name: ST. ASAPH
• Composer: W. S. Bambridge
• Meter: 8.7.8.7. D.
• Key: D Major