Through the Night of Doubt and Sorrow

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 his 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 Father reigns in love for evermore.

Verse 7

Onward, therefore, Christian pilgrims, onward with the cross our aid; bear its shame, and fight its battle, till we rest beneath its shade.

Verse 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.