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And what looks dark in the distance may brighten as I draw near.

"Not Knowing". The Congregationalist; set to music as a hymn by Philip Paul Bliss in the 1870s, as quoted in "Glimpses of Christian History Presents More Stories: Blessed Bliss" (2007) by Thomas Corts, March 1869.
And what looks dark in the distance may brighten as I draw near.