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Through the Night of Doubt and Sorrow

CONVERSE · 8.7.8.7.D · words Bernhardt S. Ingemann · music Charles C. Converse

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Through the Night of Doubt and Sorrow the the somed the our of ple grim cross heart peo pil with from ran goes ward, as His ward aid! one; shed, band, there strain light night ward, the the the fore, that of of One 2. One 1. Through 3. 4. On row broth pres sor On Lift O'er On thou ers, sands ence, own and pil lips God's doubt of grim be in the the its be we ised neath God path Prom ing 'ning rest march all to we the shade. gun: tread: Land. con far songs shame, its the ing ing and flict, the of Bear One Chas Sing bat per ter Till One Bright March ta tle, il ror, tion, fight one gloom ex pec its and the which ing e the the nal er ing of ter nev guid the the the and rend far faith burns tomb; shore, tires, light: come glad ob fore shall the the be us the ness ject Soon One One Clear ney, ness ing wak joic jour Soon On One Gleams ing, our the dark great of of through re a through of for our less and er in the toil ev God the in the ping end love hope fear gloom. more. spires. night. scat One earn clasps the the the er Al t'ring est the Then Where One Broth er, Fa for broth And Reigns One Step shad ows, ther ward, y ing of all look hand might of Bernhardt S. Ingemann, 1916 CONVERSE 8.7.8.7.D Charles C. Converse, 1874
Through the Night of Doubt and Sorrow the the somed the our of ple grim cross heart peo pil with from ran goes ward, as His ward aid! one; shed, band, there strain light night ward, the the the fore, that of of One 2. One 1. Through 3. 4. On row broth pres sor On Lift O'er On thou ers, sands ence, own and pil lips God's doubt of grim be in the the its be we ised neath God path Prom ing 'ning rest march all to we the shade. gun: tread: Land. con far songs shame, its the ing ing and flict, the of Bear One Chas Sing bat per ter Till One Bright March ta tle, il ror, tion, fight one gloom ex pec its and the which ing e the the nal er ing of ter nev guid the the the and rend far faith burns tomb; shore, tires, light: come glad ob fore shall the the be us the ness ject Soon One One Clear ney, ness ing wak joic jour Soon On One Gleams ing, our the dark great of of through re a through of for our less and er in the toil ev God the in the ping end love hope fear gloom. more. spires. night. scat One earn clasps the the the er Al t'ring est the Then Where One Broth er, Fa for broth And Reigns One Step shad ows, ther ward, y ing of all look hand might of Bernhardt S. Ingemann, 1916 CONVERSE 8.7.8.7.D Charles C. Converse, 1874

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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