The Hymnbook ‎#475

475. 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 forevermore.

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
• Author: Bernhard S. Ingemann (1825)
• Translator: Sabine Baring-Gould (1867, 1875)
• Meter: 8. 7. 8. 7. D.
• Publication Date: 1955
• Scripture:
  Ephesians 4:4-6
  ;
  Revelation 12:5
• Topic: Brotherhood; Church, The: Church Expectant; Fellowship; Pilgrimage of life; Processionals; Recessionals; Unity; Church, The: Christian Fellowship
• Copyright: Words copyright by J. Curwen & Sons, Ltd. Used by permission.

Tune Information

• Name: ST. ASAPH
• Composer: William S. Bainbridge (1872)
• Meter: 8. 7. 8. 7. D.
• Key: D Major
• Copyright: Music used by permission of Marlborough College.