Scripture Verse

Hallelujah!…Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him glory! Revelation 19:6–7

Introduction

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Fanny Crosby (1820–1915)

Words: Fan­ny Cros­by, in Songs of Joy and Glad­ness (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Mc­Don­ald & Gill, 1885). Some hym­nals give the au­thor as Hen­ri­et­ta Blair, one of Fan­ny’s pseu­do­nyms.

Music: Will­iam J. Kirk­pat­rick (🔊 pdf nwc).

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William J. Kirkpatrick (1838–1921)

Lyrics

How oft in ho­ly con­verse
With Christ, my Lord, alone,
I seem to hear the mill­ions
That sing around His throne:

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Hallelujah! Amen!
Hallelujah! Amen!
Hallelujah! Amen!
Amen! Amen!

They passed through toils and trials,
And though the strife was long,
They share the vic­tor’s con­quest
And sing the vic­tor’s song:

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My soul takes up the chor­us
And, press­ing on my way,
Communing still with Je­sus,
I sing from day to day:

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Through grace I soon shall con­quer
And reach my home on high;
And through eter­nal ages
I’ll shout be­yond the sky:

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