Sweetly sounding through the skies?
Lo! the angelic host rejoices,
Heavenly hallelujahs rise.
Listen to the wond’rous story,
Which they chant in hymns of joy:
“Glory in the highest, glory!
Glory be to God most high!
Peace on earth, good will from heaven,
Reaching far as man is found;
Souls redeemed, and sins forgiven:—