The Hymnal ‎#541

541. Ten thousand times ten thousand

Ten thousand times ten thousand
In sparkling raiment bright,
The armies of the ransomed saints
Throng up the steeps of light:
'Tis finished! all is finished,
Their fight with death and sin:
Fling open wide the golden gates,
And let the victors in.

What rush of alleluias
Fills all the earth and sky!
What ringing of a thousand harps
Bespeaks the triumph nigh!
O day, for which creation
And all its tribes were made!
O joy, for all its former woes
A thousand-fold repaid!

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O then what raptured greetings
On Canaan's happy shore!
What knitting severed friendships up,
Where partings are no more!
Then eyes with joy shall sparkle
That brimmed with tears of late;
Orphans no longer fatherless,
Nor widows desolate.

Bring near thy great salvation,
Thou Lamb for sinners slain;
Fill up the roll of thine elect,
Then take thy power and reign!
Appear, Desire of nations!
Thine exiles long for home:
Show in the heavens thy promised sign!
Thou Prince and Savior, come!

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Ten thousand times ten thousand
• Author: Henry Alford (1867)
• Meter: 7.6.7.6.D.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1916
• Topic: Processional; Sunday Schools: Processionals

Tune Information

• Name: ALFORD
• Composer: John B. Dykes (1875)
• Meter: 7.6.7.6.D.
• Incipit: 34412 31353 121
• Key: B♭ Major