Concordia ‎#177

177. Ten Thousand Times ten Thousand

1 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.

2 What rush of halleluias
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!

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

4 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!

Text Information

• First Line: Ten thousand times ten thousand
• Title: Ten Thousand Times ten Thousand
• Author: Henry Alford (1867)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1918
• Topic: The Christian Life: Aspiration and Hope
• Notes: Now Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: ALFORD
• Composer: John B. Dykes (1875)
• Key: A♭ Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain.