569. 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 heaven Thy promised sign;
Thou Prince and Saviour, come.

Text Information
First Line: Ten thousand times ten thousand
Author: Dean Henry Alford, 1810-1871
Language: English
Publication Date: 1917
Topic: The Christian Life: Time, Death, Eternity; Heaven: Friends in; Heaven: Reunion in (2 more...)
Tune Information
Name: ALFORD
Composer: Dr. J. B. Dykes, 1823-1876
Meter: 7.6.8.6.7.6.8.6
Key: A♭ Major



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