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Through the Night of Doubt and Sorrow

HYMN TO JOY · 8.7.8.7.D · words Bernhardt S. Ingemann · music Ludwig van Beethoven

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Through the Night of Doubt and Sorrow the the somed the cross heart peo pil On Lift O'er On with from ran goes ward, as His ward our of ple grim aid! one; shed, band, strain light night there ward, the the the fore, that of of 3. One 2. One 1. Through On 4. broth thou pres sor ers, sands ence, row pil lips God's doubt and own of grim neath God path Prom its be we ised all to march we the 'ning ing be in the the rest shade. gun: tread: Land. shame, con far songs its the ing ing and flict, the of Bear One Chas Sing tle, il ror, tion, bat per ex ta Bright Till One ter March fight one gloom its the and pec of ter nev guid e ing the the the and rend the which far faith burns light: tires, the nal er ing tomb; shore, the ness ject us come glad ob fore through great of of shall the the be Soon One One Clear ness ing, ing ney, wak joic Soon On One Gleams jour a re our the dark toil ev God through and er in the the the in ping of for our less end love hope fear gloom. more. spires. night. scat One earn clasps the the the er t'ring Al est the Then Where One Broth ows, ther ward, er, shad Fa for One And Reigns broth Step hand look might of all y ing of Bernhardt S. Ingemann, 1916 HYMN TO JOY 8.7.8.7.D Ludwig van Beethoven, 1824

1.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.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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