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Hark! what mean those holy voices?
Hark! what mean those holy voices,
Sweetly sounding through the skies?
Lo! th’ angelic host rejoices!
Heavenly hallelujahs rise.
2 Hear them tell the wondrous story,
Hear them chant in hymns of joy—
“Glory to 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 praises sing;
O receive whom God appointed,
For your Prophet, Priest, and King!
5 “Haste, ye mortals, to adore him;
Learn his name, and taste his joy;
Till in heaven ye sing before him—
“‘Glory be to God most high!’”
Cawood.