521a. 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!

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Through the night of doubt and sorrow
Title: Through the night of doubt and sorrow
Translator: Rev. S. Baring-Gould (1859)
Author: Bernhard S. Ingeman
Meter: 8.7. D.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1892
Topic: Lay Helpers; Parochial Missions; Church Militant (2 more...)
Notes: Tune name in index: FORT GREEN
Tune Information
Name: [Through the night of doubt and sorrow]
Composer: Dudley Buck
Meter: 8.7. D.
Key: G Major



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