The Lutheran Hymnary ‎#617

617. 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 Hallelujahs
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 joy 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
• Author: Henry Alford (1867)
• Meter: 7, 6, 8, 6. 8L.
• Publication Date: 1913
• Topic: The Last Things: The Heavenly Home; Heaven

Tune Information

• Name: [Ten thousand times ten thousand]
• Composer: J. B. Dykes (1875)
• Meter: 7, 6, 8, 6. 8L.
• Key: A♭ Major