1 Hark! What mean those holy voices
Sweetly sounding in the skies?
Lo! th' angelic host rejoices,
Loudest hallelujahs rise.
2 Listen to the wondrous story
Which they chant in hymns of joy:
"Glory in the highest, glory!
Glory be to God most high!
3 "Peace on earth, good-will from heaven,
Reaching far as man is found;
Souls redeemed and sins forgiven,
Loud our golden harps shall sound.
4 "Christ is born! The great Anointed!
Heaven and earth His glory sing;
Oh, receive whom God appointed
For your Prophet, Priest, and King!
5 "Hasten, mortals, to adore Him
Learn His name and taste His joy,
Till one day ye sing before Him
Glory be to God most high! "
6 Let us learn the wondrous story
Of our great Redeemer's birth;
Spread the brightness of His glory,
Till it cover all the earth.