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![]() | Through the night of doubt and sorrowAuthor: Bernhard Severin Ingemann (1825); Translator: Sabine Baring-Gould (1867)Published in 251 hymnals Printable scores: SibeliusAudio files: MIDI, Recording | |
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,
Brightening 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 scattering of all shadows,
And the end of toil and gloom!
The Hymnal: revised and enlarged as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892
Ingemann, Bernhardt Severin, was born at Thor Kildstrup, Island of Falster, May 28, 1789. From 1822 to his death in 1862, he was Professor of the Danish Language and Literature at the Academy of Sorö, Zealand, Denmark. He was a poet of some eminence. His collected works were pub, in 1851, in 34 volumes. Seven of his hymns translated into English are given in Gilbert Tait's Hymns of Denmark, 1868. The only hymn by him in English common use is:—
Igjennem Nat og Traengael. Unity and Progress. It is dated 1825, and is given in the Nyt Tillaeg til Evangelisk-christelig. Psalmebog, Copenhagen, 1859, No. 502. In its translated form as "Through the night of doubt and sorrow," by the Rev. S. Baring-Gould, it has become widely known in most Eng… Go to person page >
Baring-Gould, Sabine, M.A., eldest son of Mr. Edward Baring-Gould, of Lew Trenchard, Devon, b. at Exeter, Jan. 28, 1834, and educated at Clare College, Cambridge, B.A. 1857, M.A. 1860. Taking Holy Orders in 1864, he held the curacy of Horbury, near Wakefield, until 1807, when he was preferred to the incumbency of Dalton, Yorks. In 1871 he became rector of East Mersea, Essex, and in 1881 rector of Lew Trenchard, Devon. His works are numerous, the most important of which are, Lives of the Saints, 15 vols., 1872-77; Curious Myths of the Middle Ages, 2 series, 1866-68; The Origin and Development of Religious Belief, 2 vols., 1869-1870; and various volumes of sermons. His hymns, original and translated, appeared in the Church Times; Hymns Ancien… Go to person page >| First Line: | Through the night of doubt and sorrow |
| Translator: | Sabine Baring-Gould (1867) |
| Author: | Bernhard Severin Ingemann (1825) |
| Meter: | 8.7.8.7 D |
| Language: | English |
| Instances (10) | First Line | Text Title | Refrain First Line | Authors | Composers | Meter | Scripture | Tune Title | Tune Key | Incipit | Languages | Publication Date | |||||
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| AGO Founders Hymnal #47 | Through the night of doubt and sorrow | Through the Night of Doubt and Sorrow | HARVARD HYMN | 2009 | |||||||||||||
| Church Family Worship #128 | Through the night of doubt and sorrow | 8.7.8.7 | 1988 | ||||||||||||||
| Church Hymnal, Fifth Edition #661 | Through the night of doubt and sorrow | 2000 | |||||||||||||||
| Complete Anglican Hymns Old & New #702 | Through the night of doubt and sorrow | Through the night of doubt and sorrow | 2000 | ||||||||||||||
| Complete Mission Praise #948 | Through the night of doubt and sorrow | 8.7.8.7 | 2000 | ||||||||||||||
| Evangelical Lutheran Worship #327 | Through the night of doubt and sorrow | Sabine Baring-Gould, 1834-1924; Bernhardt S. Ingemann, 1787-1862 | Thomas J. Williams, 1869-1944; Richard W. Hillert, b. 1923 | 8.7.8.7 D | EBENEZER | f minor | 2006 | ||||||||||
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, New Standard Edition #211 | Through the night of doubt and sorrow | 8.7.8.7 D | 1983 | ||||||||||||||
| Hymns Old and New: New Anglican #517 | Through the night of doubt and sorrow | 8.7.8.7 | 1996 | ||||||||||||||
| Rejoice in the Lord #54 | Through the night of doubt and sorrow | Through the Night of Doubt and Sorrow | B.S. Ingemann; Sabine Baring-Gould | Martin Shaw | 8.7.8.7 | Exodus 40:38; Ephesians 4:4 | MARCHING | A Flat Major | English | 1985 | |||||||
| Sing Glory: Hymns, Psalms and Songs for a New Century #544 | Through the night of doubt and sorrow | 8.7.8.7 | 1999 |
