| Hymn: | Through The Night Of Doubt And Sorrow (inclusive lyrics) |
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| Tune: | Marching |
| Words: | Bernhard Severin Ingemann (1789-1862) adapted by Ann Hinchcliff |
| Music: | Martin Shaw (1875-1958) |
Verse 1
Through the night of doubt and sorrow
onward goes the pilgrim band,
singing songs of expectation,
marching to the promised land.
Verse 2
Clear before us through the darkness
gleams and burns the guiding light;
pilgrim clasps the hand of pilgrim,
stepping fearless through the night.
Verse 3
One the light of God's own presence
o'er this ransomed people shed,
chasing far the gloom and terror,
brightening all the path we tread:
Verse 4
One the object of our journey,
one the faith which never tires,
one the earnest looking forward,
one the hope our God inspires:
Verse 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:
Verse 6
One the gladness of rejoicing
on the far eternal shore,
where the one almighty Maker
reigns in love for evermore.