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Hymns and Tunes 1886 132

Hark! ten thousand harps and voices

Words: Thomas KellyMusic: Lowell MasonTune: Harwell8s & 7s D.

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1Hark! ten thousand harps and voices
Sound the note of praise above;
Jesus reigns, and heaven rejoices;
Jesus reigns, the God of love;
See, he sits on yonder throne;
Jesus rules the world alone.
Hallelujah! hallelujah!
Hallelujah! amen.

2Jesus, hail! whose glory brightens
All above, and gives it worth;
Lord of life, thy smile enlightens,
Cheers, and charms thy saints on earth.
When we think of love like thine,
Lord, we own it love divine.
Hallelujah! hallelujah!
Hallelujah! amen.

3King of glory, reign forever,
Thine an everlasting crown;
Nothing from thy love shall sever
Those whom thou hast call thine own;
Happy objects of thy grace,
Destined to behold thy face.
Hallelujah! hallelujah!
Hallelujah! amen.

4Saviour, hasten thine appearing;
Bring, O bring, the glorious day
When, the awful summons hearing,
Heaven and earth shall pass away!
Then, with golden harps, we'll sing,
"Glory, glory to our King!"
Hallelujah! hallelujah!
Hallelujah! amen.

Also sung to
Haydn (Christ in Song #313)
Scripture
Revelation 19:6; 1 Corinthians 15:25

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The verse

Meter
8.7.8.7.7.7.8.6 · the hymnal prints 8s & 7s D.
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 81% of beats fit
Rhyme
ABABCCDE

Could also be sung to Converse, Nettleton, Abbot's Leigh, All the Way, Autumn · same meter and stresses; not printed with these words, so try it first.

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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary · * a word sung short, as “heav’n”

Verse 1

Hark! ten thousand harps and voices///˘/˘/˘8A
Sound the note of praise above;/˘/˘/˘/7B
Jesus reigns, and heaven rejoices;/˘/˘/˘˘/8C
Jesus reigns, the God of love;/˘/˘/˘/7B
See, he sits on yonder throne;/˘/˘/˘/7D
Jesus rules the world alone./˘/˘/˘/7D
Hallelujah! hallelujah!/˘/˘/˘/˘8E
Hallelujah! amen./˘/˘˘/6F

Verse 2

Jesus, hail! whose glory brightens/˘/˘/˘/˘8A
All above, and gives it worth;/˘/˘/˘/7B
Lord of life, thy smile enlightens,/˘/////˘8A
Cheers, and charms thy saints on earth./˘///˘/7B
When we think of love like thine,/˘/˘///7C
Lord, we own it love divine./˘/˘/˘/7C
Hallelujah! hallelujah!/˘/˘/˘/˘8D
Hallelujah! amen./˘/˘˘/6E

Verse 3

King of glory, reign forever,/˘/˘/˘/˘8A
Thine an everlasting crown;/˘/˘/˘/7B
Nothing from thy love shall sever/˘˘//˘/˘8A
Those whom thou hast call thine own;˘˘/////7C
Happy objects of thy grace,/˘/˘˘//7D
Destined to behold thy face./˘˘˘///7D
Hallelujah! hallelujah!/˘/˘/˘/˘8E
Hallelujah! amen./˘/˘˘/6F

Verse 4

Saviour, hasten thine appearing;/˘/˘/˘/˘8A
Bring, O bring, the glorious day/˘/˘/˘/7B*
When, the awful summons hearing,/˘/˘/˘/˘8A
Heaven and earth shall pass away!/˘/˘/˘/7B*
Then, with golden harps, we'll sing,/˘/˘///7C
"Glory, glory to our King!"/˘/˘˘˘/7C
Hallelujah! hallelujah!/˘/˘/˘/˘8D
Hallelujah! amen./˘/˘˘/6E

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.