Hark! what mean those holy voices

Hark! what mean those holy voices. John Cawood* (1775-1852). This hymn, entitled ‘For Christmas’, appeared in the suppressed eighth edition of Thomas Cotterill*’s  Selection of Psalms and Hymns for Public Worship (1819) in six 4-line stanzas, each followed by ‘Hallelujah!’: Hark! what mean those holy voices,   Sweetly sounding through the skies? Lo! the’ angelic host rejoices;   Heavenly Hallelujahs rise.                                     Hallelujah! Listen to the wondrous story,   Which they chaunt in hymns of joy; “Glory in the highest, glory!     “Glory be to God most high!                                      Hallelujah! “Peace on earth, good-will from heaven,   “Reaching far as man...