Hark! The Sound of Holy Voices

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.