{"slug": "through-the-night-of-doubt-and-sorrow", "title": "Through the Night of Doubt and Sorrow", "first_line": "Through the night of doubt and sorrow Onward goes", "author": "bernhardt-s-ingemann", "author_date": "1916", "translator": "sabine-baring-gould", "translator_date": "1916", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 7, 8, 7], "doubled": true, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Activity", "Anticipation", "Assurance", "Comfort"], "scripture": ["Daniel 12:1-3", "Revelation 20:12-15", "1 Thessalonians 4:13-17"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "oh-source-1931", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Open Hymnal X:221; all components published pre-1931 (latest year 1916).", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}, "hymnary_ids": {"text_auth": "through_the_night_of_doubt_and_sorrow", "total_instances": 334}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "Through the night of doubt and sor -- row On -- ward goes the pil -- grim band, Sing -- ing songs of ex -- pec -- ta -- tion, March -- ing to the Prom -- ised Land. Clear be -- fore us through the dark -- ness Gleams and burns the guid -- ing light: Broth -- er clasps the hand of broth -- er, Step -- ping fear -- less through the night.", "prose": ["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."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "One the light of God's own pres -- ence, O'er His ran -- somed peo -- ple shed, Chas -- ing far the gloom and ter -- ror, Bright -- 'ning all the path we tread: One the ob -- ject of our jour -- ney, One the faith which nev -- er tires, One the earn -- est look -- ing for -- ward, One the hope our God in -- spires.", "prose": ["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": {"syllabified": "One the strain that lips of thou -- sands Lift as from the heart of one; One the con -- flict, one the per -- il One the march in God be -- gun: One the glad -- ness of re -- joic -- ing On the far e -- ter -- nal shore, Where the One Al -- might -- y Fa -- ther Reigns in love for ev -- er -- more.", "prose": ["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": {"syllabified": "On -- ward, there -- fore, pil -- grim broth -- ers, On -- ward, with the cross our aid! Bear its shame, and fight its bat -- tle, Till we rest be -- neath its shade. Soon shall come the great a -- wak -- ing, Soon the rend -- ing of the tomb; Then the scat -- t'ring of all shad -- ows, And the end of toil and gloom.", "prose": ["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."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}