Trinity Hymnal (Rev. ed.) ‎#323

323. 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 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 pow'r, and reign:
appear, Desire of nations,
thine exiles long for home;
show in the heav'n 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)
• Meter: 7.6.8.6.D.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1990
• Scripture:
  Revelation 5:11-12
• Topic: Funerals; Christians: Triumph of; Church: Communion of Saints; Heaven: Reunion in; Life: Everlasting; Jesus Christ: His Second Coming and Judgment

Tune Information

• Name: ALFORD
• Composer: John B. Dykes (1875)
• Meter: 7.6.8.6.D.
• Key: G Major