What a Shout Was Heard!

What a shout was heard

In the realms of light

When peace and truth

des­cend­ing

With a mar­shaled host

In their robes of white

Sang praise to God on high!

O shout again

ye sons of men

Sing praise to God above.

Till the ut­most bounds

Of the world shall wake

One migh­ty song of love.

Ring on

ye bells

ye chim­ing bells

Your tune­ful mea­sure swell­ing;

Ring on

ye bells

ye chim­ing bells

The grand old sto­ry tell­ing.

What a shout was heard

In the realms of light

When peace and truth

des­cend­ing

With a mar­shaled host

In their robes of white

Sang praise to God on high.

There was joy

great joy—

’Twas a glo­ri­ous sight

The shep­herds gazed in won­der

When the earth was filled

With a splen­dor bright

From God’s eter­nal home.

Great joy today

O let it ring

As on that sac­red morn

When the an­gel band

In a far off land

Proclaimed the Sav­ior born.