B. S. Ingemann; S. Baring-Gould, Tr.
THROUGH the night of doubt and sorrow
Onward goes the pilgrim band,
Singing songs of expectation,
Marching to the Promised Land.
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Clear before us through the darkness
Gleams and burns the guiding light;
Brother clasps the hand of brother,
Stepping fearless through the night.
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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;
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One the object of our journey,
One the faith which never tires,
One the earnest looking forward,
One the hope our God inspires:
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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;
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One the gladness of rejoicing
On the far eternal shore,
Where the one almighty Father
Reigns in love forevermore.