Lutheran Book of Worship ‎#355

355. 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;
Pilgrim clasps the hand of pilgrim
Stepping fearless through the night.

2 One the light of God’s own presence
On his ransomed people shed,
Chasing far the gloom and terror,
Bright'ning 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, sisters, 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 awak'ning;
Soon the rending of the tomb!
Then the scatt'ring of all shadows,
And the end of toil and gloom.

Text Information

• First Line: Through the night of doubt and sorrow
• Title: Through the Night of Doubt and Sorrow
• Translator: Sabine Baring-Gould, 1834-1924
• Author: Bernhardt S. Ingemann, 1789-1862
• Meter: 87 87 D
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1978
• Topic: Community in Christ; Pentecost 26 (Year B); Pilgrimage; Witness

Tune Information

• Name: EBENEZER
• Composer: Thomas J. Williams, 1869-1944
• Meter: 87 87 D
• Key: f minor
• Copyright: © Gwendolyn Evans, Ltd.; Setting © 1969 Concordia Publishing House
• Notes: Tune now Public Domain