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| 540 | The Hymnal#541 | 542a |
| Text: | Ten thousand times ten thousand |
| Author: | Henry Alford |
| Tune: | ALFORD |
| Composer: | John B. Dykes |
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 |
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