THROUGH THE NIGHT OF DOUBT AND SORROW
1. Thro' the night
of doubt and sorrow
Onward goes the
pilgrim band,
Singing songs of
expectation,
Marching to the
Promised Land.
Clear before us
thro' the darkness,
Gleams and burns
the guiding Light;
Brother clasps the
hand of brother,
Stepping fearless
thro' the night.
2. 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.
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, 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.
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