Scripture Verse

I…heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand. Revelation 5:11

Introduction

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Thomas Kelly
1769–1855

Words: Tho­mas Kel­ly, Hymns on Va­ri­ous Pass­ag­es of Scrip­ture, se­cond ed­i­tion, 1806. Orig­in­al first line: Hark, ten thou­sand voic­es cry. The cur­rent ver­sion ap­peared in the Ir­ish Church Hym­nal in 1873.

Music: St. Os­wald John B. Dykes, 1857 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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John B. Dykes
1823–1876

Lyrics

Hark! ten thousand voices sounding,
Far and wide throughout the sky;
’Tis the voice of joy abounding,
Jesus lives no more to die.

Jesus lives, His conflict over,
Lives to claim His great reward;
Angels round the Victor hover,
Crowding to behold their Lord.

Yonder throne for Him erected
Now becomes the Victor’s seat;
Lo, the Man on earth rejected,
Angels worship at His feet!

All the powers of Heav’n adore Him,
All obey His sovereign Word;
Day and night they cry before Him,
Holy, Holy, Holy Lord!