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Singing songs of expectation

527

The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal)

Metric Index

87. 87. D

Modality

f minor

15-Pitch Humming Index

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Author

Bernard Severin Ingemann [1789-1862]

Composer

Thomas John Williams [1869-1944]

Language

English

Publication Date

1985

Translator

Sabine Baring-Gould [1834-1924 (alt.)]

Last Five Uses

• Used on May 10, 2015 10:00 as the Communion Hymn at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA
• Used on Jan 18, 2009 10:00 as the Recessional Hymn at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA
• Used on Oct 05, 2008 10:00 as the Entrance Hymn at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA
• Used on Sep 09, 2007 10:00 as the Communion Hymn at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA

Poem Words (Three verses)

Singing songs of expectation,
onward goes the pilgrim band,
through the night of doubt and sorrow,
marching to the promised land.
Clear before us through the darkness
gleams and burns the guiding light:
trusting God we march together
stepping fearless through the night.

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.

One the strain the 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.