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HARK! THE SOUND OF HOLY VOICES

Scripture Verse

These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Revelation 7:14

Introduction

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John B. Dykes (1823–1876)

Words: Chris­to­pher Words­worth, The Ho­ly Year (Lon­don: Riv­ing­tons, 1862), num­ber 101, alt.

Music: Sanc­tu­ary (Dykes) John B. Dykes, in the An­gli­can Hymn Book, 1871 (🔊 ).

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Christopher Wordsworth
(1807–1885)
National Portrait Gallery

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Lyrics

Hark! the sound of ho­ly voic­es,
Chanting at the crys­tal sea,
Hallelujah! Hal­le­lu­jah!
Hallelujah! Lord, to Thee.
Multitude, which none can num­ber,
Like the stars, in glo­ry stand
Clothed in white ap­par­el, hold­ing
Palms of vic­to­ry in their hands.

Patriarch, and ho­ly pro­phet,
Who pre­pared the way of Christ,
King, apos­tle, saint, con­fess­or,
Martyr and ev­an­gel­ist;
Saintly maid­en, god­ly ma­tron,
Widows who have watched to pray­er,
Joined in ho­ly con­cert, sing­ing
To the Lord of all, are there.

They have come from tri­bu­la­tion,
And have washed their robes in blood,
Washed them in the blood of Je­sus;
Tried they were, and firm they stood;
Mocked, im­pris­oned, stoned, tor­ment­ed,
Sawn asun­der, slain with sword;
They have con­quered death and Sa­tan
By the might of Christ the Lord.

Marching with Thy cross their ban­ner,
They have tri­umphed, fol­low­ing
Thee, the Cap­tain of sal­va­tion,
Thee, their Sav­ior and their king;
Gladly, Lord, with Thee they suf­fered;
Gladly, Lord, with Thee they died;
And by death to life im­mor­tal
They were born and glo­ri­fied.

Now they reign in heav’n­ly glo­ry,
Now they walk in gold­en light,
Now they drink, as from a riv­er,
Holy bliss and in­fi­nite;
Love and peace they taste for­ev­er,
And all truth and know­ledge see
In the bea­ti­fic vi­sion
Of the bless­èd Tri­ni­ty.

God of God, the One be­got­ten,
Light of light, Em­ma­nu­el,
In whose bo­dy joined to­ge­ther
All the saints for­ev­er dwell;
Pour up­on us of Thy full­ness
That we may for­ev­er­more
God the Fa­ther, God the Son, and
God the Ho­ly Ghost adore.