Let Earth Resound Again

Why were an­gels once des­cend­ing

O’er Ju­dea’s hill and plain?

Why were harps and voic­es blend­ing

In that grand

se­raph­ic strain?

Glory to God in the high­est

Let all earth re­sound again;

Glory to God in the high­est

Peace on earth

good will to men.

Why were east­ern sag­es bend­ing

O’er the Child of low­ly birth?

Why were sweet­est an­thems send­ing

Their glad ech­oes over the earth?

Love and mer­cy con­des­cend­ing

Helpless sin­ners to re­deem

From a fear­ful doom im­pend­ing

Had re­vealed the King su­preme.