1. Hark, ten thousand thousand voices
Sing the song of jubilee!
Earth, through all her tribes, rejoices,
Broke her long captivity.
Hail, Immanuel! Great Deliv’rer!
Hail Immanuel! praise to thee!
Now, the theme, in pealing thunders,
Through the universe is rung;
Now in gentler tones, the wonders
Of redeeming grace are sung.
2. Wider now and louder rising
Swells and soars the lofty strain,
Earth’s unnumbered tongues comprising.
Hark! the Conqueror’s praise again.
Hail, Immanuel! Great Deliv’rer!
Stones shall speak if we refrain;
Thus while heart and pulse are beating,
To his name let praise arise,
Till from earth the soul, retreating,
Joins the chorus of the skies.
3. Then in loftier, sweeter numbers
We shall sing Immanuel’s praise.
Free from all that now encumbers
Nobler songs our voices raise.
Hail, Immanuel! Great Deliv’rer!
Live forever in our lays,
While our crowns of glory casting
At his feet in rapture lost,
We, in anthems everlasting,
Mingle with the angel host.
4. But till that great consummation,
That bright Sabbath of mankind,
Till each distant tribe and nation
Tastes the bliss by God designed.
Speed the gospel! Let its tidings
Gladden ev’ry human mind!
Be its silver trumpets sounded;
Let the joyous echoes roll
Till a sea of bliss unbounded
Spreads on earth from pole to pole!
5. Then shall come the great Messiah,
In millennial glory crowned;
Israel’s hope, and earth’s desire,
Now triumphant and renowned.
Hail, Messiah! Reign forever!
Heav’n to earth reflects the sound
Heav’n and earth with all their regions,
At his footstool prostrate fall;
Heaven and earth with all their regions
Crown Immanuel, Lord of all.