Text: | Hark, What Mean Those Holy Voices |
Author: | John Cawood |
Tune: | RUSSIAN VESPER |
Composer: | D. Bortniansky |
1 Hark, what mean those holy voices
Sweetly sounding thro' the skies?
Lo, th' angelic host rejoices;
Heav'nly hallelujahs rise.
Listen to the wondrous story,
Which they chant in hymns of joy:
Glory in the highest, glory!
Glory be to God most high!
2 Peace on earth, good-will from heaven,
Reaching far as man is found;
Souls redeemed, and sins forgiven;
Loud our golden harps shall sound.
Christ is born, the great Anointed;
Heav'n and earth His praises sing!
O receive whom God appointed
For your Prophet, Priest and King.
3 Hasten, mortals, to adore Him;
Learn His name and taste His joy;
Till in heav'n ye sing before Him,
Glory be to God most high!
Let us learn the wondrous story
Of our great Redeemer's birth;
Spread the brightness of His glory
Till it cover all the earth.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Hark, what mean those holy voices |
Title: | Hark, What Mean Those Holy Voices |
Author: | John Cawood (1819) |
Meter: | 8 7 8 7 D. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1930 |
Topic: | The Church Year: Christmas; Processionals and Recessionals: Christmas |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | RUSSIAN VESPER |
Composer: | D. Bortniansky |
Meter: | 8 7 8 7 D. |
Key: | E♭ Major |