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Hark! Ten Thousand Harps

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1 Hark! 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,
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Amen.

2 King of Glory, reign for ever,
Thine an everlasting crown;
Nothing from Thy love shall sever
Those whom Thou hast made Thine own:
Happy objects of Thy grace,
Destined to behold Thy face.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Amen.

3 Saviour, 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!”
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Amen.

Source: The A.M.E. Zion Hymnal: official hymnal of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church #196

Author: Thomas Kelly

Kelly, Thomas, B.A., son of Thomas Kelly, a Judge of the Irish Court of Common Pleas, was born in Dublin, July 13, 1769, and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He was designed for the Bar, and entered the Temple, London, with that intention; but having undergone a very marked spiritual change he took Holy Orders in 1792. His earnest evangelical preaching in Dublin led Archbishop Fowler to inhibit him and his companion preacher, Rowland Hill, from preaching in the city. For some time he preached in two unconsecrated buildings in Dublin, Plunket Street, and the Bethesda, and then, having seceded from the Established Church, he erected places of worship at Athy, Portarlington, Wexford, &c, in which he conducted divine worship and preached. H… Go to person page >

Text Information

Hark, ten thousand harps and voices. T. Kelly. [Praise to Jesus.] First published in his Hymns, &c, 2nd edition, 1806, in 7 stanzas of 6 lines, and headed with the text "Let all the angels of God worship Him." In 1812 it was included in his Hymns adapted for Social Worship, No. 7, but subsequently it was restored to the original work (edition 1853, No. 42). Its use is mainly confined to America, where it is given in several collections, including Songs for the Sanctuary, 1865, &c. In most cases it is abbreviated.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Notes

Hark, ten thousand harps and voices. T. Kelly. [Praise to Jesus.] First published in his Hymns, &c, 2nd edition, 1806, in 7 stanzas of 6 lines, and headed with the text "Let all the angels of God worship Him." In 1812 it was included in his Hymns adapted for Social Worship, No. 7, but subsequently it was restored to the original work (edition 1853, No. 42). Its use is mainly confined to America, where it is given in several collections, including Songs for the Sanctuary, 1865, &c. In most cases it is abbreviated.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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The Advent Harp; designed for believers in the speedy coming of Christ #434

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The African Methodist Episcopal Hymn and Tune Book #17

The Alleluia #d77

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The Alleluia #164c

The American Hymn and Tune Book #d247

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The American Hymnal #250

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The American Sunday-School Hymn-Book #353

The Baptist Hymn and Praise Book #d150

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book for Public Worship #281

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book, for Public Worship #100.281

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book #296

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The Baptist Hymn Book #281

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The Baptist Hymn Book #454

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The Baptist Hymnal, for Use in the Church and Home #152a

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The Baptist Hymnal, for Use in the Church and Home #152b

The Baptist Hymnal #152

The Baptist Hymnal. Shaped notes ed. #d198

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The Baptist Praise Book #392

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The Baptist Psalmody #248

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The Baptist Standard Hymnal #124

The Bay State Collection of Church Music #d64

The Bible Harp #d87

The Book of Common Praise #d183

The Book of Praise #d256

The Book of Worship #d163

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The Book of Worship #105

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The Book of Worship #193

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The Brethren Hymnody #314

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The Broadman Hymnal #227

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The Calvary Hymnal #42

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The Calvary Selection of Spiritual Songs #190

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The Canadian Baptist Hymn Book #198

The Centennial Hymnal #d122

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The Century Hymnal #161

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The Chapel hymn book, with tunes #146

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The Chapel Hymnal #64

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The Chapel Hymnal #64

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The Chapel Hymnal #124

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The Chapel Hymnal #124

The Chapel Hymnal. 3rd ed. #d41

The Chapel Service Book #d55

The Chord #d35

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The Christian Church Hymnal #72

The Christian Harmony #d115

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The Christian Hymn Book #663

The Christian Hymnal #d238

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The Christian Hymnal #14

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The Christian hymnal #141

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The Christian Hymnal #143

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The Christian Hymnal #80

The Christian Hymnist #d179

The Christian Lyre #d125

The Christian Minstrel #d104

The Christian Psalmist #d234

The Christian Psalmist (Numeral ed.) 10th ed., 1st rev. ed. #d137

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The Christian Songster #70

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The Church and Home Hymnal #131

The Church and School #d67

The Church Hymn Book #d345

The Church Hymn Book #d175

The Church Hymnal #d137

The Church Hymnal #d131

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The Church Hymnary #309

The Church of God Selection of Spiritual Songs for the Church and Choir #d296

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The Church Praise Book #214

The Churches of God Hymnal. #d172

The Clariona #d60

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The Clifton Chapel Collection of "Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs" #1357

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The Cokesbury Hymnal #100

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The Cokesbury Worship Hymnal #19

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The College Hymnal #284

The Concordia Hymnal #219

The Concordia Hymnal. Rev. #d112

The Congregation #d50

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The Congregational Hymn Book #271

The Crowning Triumph #d38

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The Cyber Hymnal #2164

The Dominion Hymnal #14

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The Evangelical Hymnal #129

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The Evangelical Hymnal #135

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The Evangelical Hymnal with Tunes #193

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The Evangelical Hymnal. Text edition #129

The Evergreen #d28

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The Excelsior Hymnal #243

The Friends' Hymnal #d204

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The Friends' Hymnal, a Collection of Hymns and Tunes for the Public Worship of the Society #a168

The Good Old Songs #d189

The Good Old Songs #705

The Gospel Alarm #d47

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The Gospel Banner #23

The Gospel Call, Part Two #200

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The Gospel Call #150

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The Gospel Echo #288

The Gospel Invitation #d24

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The Gospel Pilot Hymnal #225

The Gospel Praise Book #d148

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The Gospel Song Sheaf #233b

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The Greatest Hymns #82

The Harmonia Sacra. 14th ed. #d109

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