Common Praise ‎#605

605. 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.

2 Clear before us through the darkness
gleams and burns the guiding light;
pilgrim clasps the hand of pilgrim,
stepping fearless through the night.

3 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:

4 One the object of our journey,
one the faith which never tires,
one the earnest looking forward,
one the hope our God inspires:

5 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:

6 One the gladness of rejoicing
on the far eternal shore,
where the one almighty Father
reigns in love for evermore.

*7 Onward, therefore, pilgrim brothers,
onward with the cross our aid;
bear its shame, and fight its battle,
till we rest beneath its shade.

*8 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
• Author: Bernhardt Ingemann, 1789-1862
• Translator: Sabine Baring-Gould, 1834-1924
• Meter: 87 87 D
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2000
• Scripture:
  Daniel 12:2
  ;
  Ephesians 4:4-6
  ;
  Exodus 12:25
  ;
  Exodus 13:21-22
  ;
  Exodus 40:34-38
  ;
  Isaiah 35:10
  ;
  Matthew 27:52-53
  ;
  Philippians 1:27
  ;
  Philippians 2:2
  ;
  Psalm 30:5
• Topic: Third Sunday Before Lent: Year B
• Notes: Alternative tune MARCHING 416b

Tune Information

• Name: RUSTINGTON
• Composer: C. H. H. Parry, 1848-1918
• Meter: 87 87 D
• Key: G Major