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Cawood. Song of the Angels of Bethlehem. 1 Hark! what mean those holy voices, Sweetly sounding through the skies? Lo! th' angelic host rejoices; Heavenly 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 praises sing! O, receive whom God appointed, For your Prophet, Priest and King." 5 Let us learn the wondrous story Of our great Redeemer's birth; Spread the brightness of his glory, Till it cover all the earth. 202. C. M. E. H. Sears. Christmas Hymn. 1 Calm on the listening ear of night Come heaven's melodious strains, Where wild Judea stretches far Her silver-mantled plains! 2 The answering hills of Palestine Send back the glad reply; And greet, from all their holy heights, The dayspring from on high 3 O'er the blue depths of Galilee There comes a holier calm, And Sharon waves, in solemn praise, Her silent groves of palm. 4 "Glory to God!" the sounding skies Loud with their anthems ring,-- Peace to the earth,--good-will to men, From heaven's eternal King!" 5 Light on thy hills, Jerusalem! The Saviour now is born! And bright on Bethlehem's joyous plains Breaks the first Christmas morn. 203. S. M. E. H. Chapin. The Same. 1 Hark! hark! with harps of gold, What anthem do they sing?-- The radiant clouds have backward rolled, And angels smite the string. "Glory to God!"--bright wings Spread glist'ning and afar, And on the hallowed rapture rings From circling star to star. 2 "Glory to God!" repeat The glad earth and the sea; And every wind and billow fleet, Bears on the jubilee. Where Hebrew bard hath sung, Or Hebrew seer hath trod, Each holy spot has found a tongue; "Let glory be to God." 3 Soft swells the music now Along that shining choir, And every seraph bends his brow And breathes above his lyre. What words of heav
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