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Through the Night of Doubt and Sorrow

REX GLORIAE · 8.7.8.7.D · words Bernhardt S. Ingemann · music Henry Smart

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Through the Night of Doubt and Sorrow the the On cross heart peo pil ward, as His ward with the somed from ran goes our of ple grim aid! one; shed, band, there of of that strain light night fore, 4. On 3. One 2. One 1. Through ward, the the the O'er broth thou pres sor grim of own doubt Lift On and ers, sands ence, row pil lips God's be in the the Prom neath God path ing we the 'ning rest march all to Land. its be we ised shade. gun: tread: shame, con far songs fight one gloom ex and flict, the of its the ing ing Bear One Chas Sing tion, ror, bat per ter ta Till One Bright March tle, il pec its the and ing the which e of ter nev guid the the the and rend far faith burns tomb; shore, tires, light: the nal er ing ob fore glad shall the the be us the ness ject come Soon One One Clear wak joic jour dark Soon On One Gleams ing, ing ney, ness great of of through the our re a of for our less toil ev God through And Reigns One Step end love hope fear the in the ping and er in the gloom. more. spires. night. scat One earn clasps t'ring Al est the the the the er Then Where One Broth shad Fa for broth all y ing of hand ows, ther ward, er, of might look Bernhardt S. Ingemann, 1916 REX GLORIAE 8.7.8.7.D Henry Smart, 1869

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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