Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church ‎#519

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

3 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 Saviour, come!

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Ten thousand times ten thousand
• Author: Henry Alford (1867)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: The Life Everlasting: Heaven

Tune Information

• Name: ALFORD
• Composer: John B. Dykes (1875)
• Meter: 7 6, 8 6. D.
• Key: B♭ Major