Hark! What Mean Those Holy Voices?

Hark! what mean those ho­ly voic­es

Sweetly sound­ing through the skies?

Lo! the an­gel­ic host re­joic­es

Heavenly hal­le­lu­jahs rise.

Listen to the won­drous sto­ry

Which they chant in hymns of joy;

“Glory in the high­est

glo­ry;

Glory be to God most high!

“Peace on earth

good will from Heav­en

Reaching far as man is found;

Souls re­deemed

and sins for­giv­en;

Loud our gold­en harps shall sound.

“Christ is born

the great An­oint­ed;

Heaven and earth His prais­es sing:

O re­ceive whom God ap­point­ed

For your pro­phet

priest and king.

Hasten

mor­tals to adore Him;

Learn His name and taste His joy;

Till in Heav’n you sing be­fore Him

Glory be to God most high!

Let us learn the won­drous sto­ry

Of our great Re­deem­er’s birth;

Spread the bright­ness of His glo­ry

Till it cov­er all the earth.