This hymn is a 'parody' of Thomas Kelly's, 'Hark ten thousand harps and viols'; using the same metre and the same opening words.
014, 1840, 1856, 1881, 1903,
1932, 1951, 1962, 1973, 2001
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Darby, J. N. 18.11.1800-29.4.1882, b. Westminster. Trinity
College, Dublin, 1825 C of Ireland deacon, then priest c1825-
c1831, editor of 1881 LFHB, d. Sundridge House, Bournemouth,
Dorset, 8.7.8.7.
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Hark! ten thousand voices
crying
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Rev 5.11 And I saw, and I heard the voice of many angels
around the throne and the living creatures and the elders; and
their number was ten thousands of ten thousands and thousands
of thousands
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Lamb of God with one accord;
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Rev 5.12 Worthy is the Lamb that has been slain
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Thousand, thousand saints
replying
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Hosea 2.21 it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith
Jehovah, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth;
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Wake at once the echoing
chord.
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Hosea 2.22 And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and
the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel.
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2
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Praise the Lamb!-the chorus
waking,
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Rev 5.13 and to the Lamb, blessing, and honour, and glory, and
might, to the ages of ages
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All in heav'n together throng;
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Rev 5.13 And every creature which is in heaven... heard I
saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power,
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Loud and far, each tongue
partaking,
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Php 2:11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ
is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
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Rolls around the endless song.
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Ps 79:13 So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give
thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all
generations.
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3
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Grateful incense this,
ascending
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Ps. 141.2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and
the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
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Ever to the Father's throne;
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Ex 30:8 And when Aaron lighteth the lamps between the two
evenings, he shall burn the incense-a continual incense before
Jehovah throughout your generations.
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Every knee to Jesus bending,
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Php 2.10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow
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All the mind in heav'n is one.
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Rev 5.13 And every creature which is in heaven... heard I
saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power,
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4
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All the Father's counsels
claiming
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John 5.22,23 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed
all judgment unto the Son: That all men should honour the Son,
even as they honour the Father
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Equal honours to the Son;
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Ac 3:13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the
God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus;
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All the Son's effulgence
beaming,
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2Cor 4.6 to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God
in the face of Jesus Christ
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Makes the Father's glory
known.
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Joh 1:14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and
we have contemplated his glory, a glory as of an only-begotten
with a father), full of grace and truth;
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5
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By the Spirit all pervading,
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Re 5:6 And I saw in the midst of the throne and of the four
living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb standing,
as slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven
Spirits of God [which are] sent into all the earth:
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Hosts unnumbered round the
Lamb,
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Rev 5.11 their number was ten thousands of ten thousands and
thousands of thousands
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Crowned
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1Pe 5:4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall
receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
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with light and joy unfading,
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Mt 13:43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the
kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
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Hail Him as the great
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Ex 3:14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he
said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath
sent me unto you.
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"I AM."
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Isa 45:22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the
earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
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Joyful now the wide creation
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Isa 35.1 The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for
them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose
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Rests in undisturbed repose,
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Isaiah 14.7 The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break
forth into singing
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Blest in Jesu's full salvation,
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Rev 22.3 there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God
and of the Lamb shall be in it;
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Sorrow now nor thraldom
knows.
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Revelation 21.4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their
eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor
crying
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Hark! still louder swells the
singing,
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Isa 42:10 Sing unto Jehovah a new song, his praise from the end
of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein, the
isles and their inhabitants.
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As the notes are heard again;
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Isa 52:8,9 The voice of thy watchmen, they lift up the voice,
they sing aloud together; for they shall see eye to eye, when
Jehovah shall bring again Zion. Break forth, sing aloud together,
waste places of Jerusalem; for Jehovah comforteth his people, he
hath redeemed Jerusalem.
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Through creation's vault is
ringing
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Isa 49:13 Shout, ye heavens; and be joyful, thou earth; and
break forth into singing, ye mountains: for Jehovah hath
comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted
ones.
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Joy's response. Amen! Amen!
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Ps 72.19 blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the
whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen
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