Timeless Truths ‎#988

988. The One Church

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.

One the light of God’s own presence,
O’er 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.

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.

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 scatt’ring of all shadows,
And the end of toil and gloom.

Text Information

• First Line: Through the night of doubt and sorrow
• Title: The One Church
• Author: Bernhardt S. Ingemann (1826)
• Translator: Sabine Baring-Gould (1867)
• Meter: 8.7.8.7 D
• Scripture:
  John 17:21
• Source: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/The_One_Church)

Tune Information

• Name: BEECHER
• Composer: John Zundel (1870)
• Meter: 8.7.8.7 D
• Key: B♭ Major
• Source: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/The_One_Church)