80 | The Hymnal#81 | 82 |
Text: | Hark! what mean those holy voices |
Author: | John Cawood |
Tune: | SEBASTIAN |
Composer: | John S. B. Hodges, 1830-1915 |
Hark! what mean those holy voices
Sweetly sounding through the skies?
Lo! th'angelic host rejoices,
Heavenly alleluias rise.
Listen to the wondrous 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,
Loud our golden harps shall sound.
"Christ is born, the great Anointed!
Heaven and earth his praises sing!
O receive whom God appointed
For your Prophet, Priest, and King!
"Hasten, mortals, to adore him;
Learn his name to magnify,
Till in heaven ye sing before him,
Glory be to God most high!"
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Hark! what mean those holy voices |
Author: | John Cawood (1819) |
Meter: | 8.7.8.7 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1916 |
Topic: | Christmas |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | SEBASTIAN |
Composer: | John S. B. Hodges, 1830-1915 |
Meter: | 8.7.8.7 |
Incipit: | 55544 33234 53222 |
Key: | F Major |