Singing songs of expectation (Thomas John Williams)

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• (Posted 2022-12-29)  CPDL #72065:       

Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2022-12-29).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 69 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: The hymn with harmony and underlaid words in the version published in The Hymnal 1982.

• (Posted 2022-12-29)  CPDL #72064:       

Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2022-12-29).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 169 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: The hymn in the version published in The Hymnal 1982, melody with words.

General Information

Title: Singing songs of expectation
Composer: Thomas John Williams
Tune: Ton-y-Botel or Ebenezer
Lyricist: Bernard Severin Ingemann^{create page}

Translation by Sabine Baring-Gould

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn   Meter: 87. 87. D

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella or keyboard

First published: 1896
Description: A descant to the hymn can be found here.

External websites:

• https://embassysingers.de/scores/hymns.html

Original text and translations

English text

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.