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.