433. 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!
The ringing of a thousand harps
Proclaims the triumph high.
O day for which creation
And all its tribes were made!
O joy, for all its former woes
A thousandfold repaid!

3 O then what raptured greetings
On Canaan’s happy shore!
What knitting severed friendship where
Death 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, In sparkling raiment bright
Title: Ten Thousand Times Ten Thousand
Author: H. Alford (1810-1871) (1867)
Meter: 7.6.8.6.D.
Publication Date: 1985
Topic: Doctrines: Eternal Life
Tune Information
Name: ALFORD
Composer: John B. Dykes (1823-1876) (1866)
Meter: 7.6.8.6.D.
Incipit: 34412 31353 12132
Key: G Major or modal



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