Hark! The Sound of Angel Voices

Hark! the sound of an­gel voic­es

Over Beth­le­hem’s star­lit plain;

Hark! the heav­en­ly host re­joic­es

Jesus comes on earth to reign.

See ce­les­ti­al ra­di­ance beam­ing

Lighting up the mid­night sky;

’Tis the pro­mised day star gleam­ing

’Tis the day spring from on high.

Westward

all along the ag­es

Trace its path­way clear and bright;

Star of hope to east­ern sag­es

Radiant now with Gos­pel light.

Angels from the realms of glo­ry

Peace on earth de­light to sing;

Christian

tell the won­drous sto­ry

Go pro­claim the Sav­ior King.

Where the wood­man’s axe is ring­ing

Where the hunt­er roams alone

Where the prair­ie flow­ers are spring­ing

Make the great Re­deem­er known.

While from Ca­li­for­nia mount­ains

Pure and sweet the an­them swells

Ore­gon’s dark wilds and fount­ains

Hail the sound of Sab­bath bells.

Like an arm­èd host with ban­ners

Terrible in war ar­ray

Zion comes with glad ho­san­nas

To pre­pare her mon­arch’s way.

Unto Him all pow­er is giv­en

All the world His sway shall own

And on earth

as now in Heav­en

Shall His will be done alone.