CPWI Hymnal ‎#428

428. 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
• Danish Title: Igjennem Nat og Traengsel
• Author: Bernhardt Severin Ingemann, 1789-1862
• Translator: Sabine Baring-Gould, 1832-1924
• Meter: 8.7.8.7
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2010
• Topic: General Hymns: Christian Vocation and Witness

Tune Information

• Name: ST OSWALD
• Composer: John Bacchus Dykes, 1823-1876
• Meter: 8.7.8.7
• Key: D Major