Author: Bernhardt S. Ingemann; Sabine Baring-Gould Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 321 hymnals First Line: Through the night of doubt and sorrow Lyrics: Through the night of doubt and sorrowOnward goes the pilgrim band,Singing songs of expectation,Marching to the promised land.Clear before us through the darknessGleams 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 thousandsLift as from the heart of one;One the conflict, one the perilOne the march in God begun.One the gladness of rejoicingOn the far eternal shore,Where the one almighty FatherReigns 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. Scripture: John 17:21 Used With Tune: BEECHER Text Sources: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/The_One_Church)
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