What a Shout Was Heard!

Verse 1

What a shout was heard in the realms of light, When peace and truth, descending, With a marshal'd host in their robes of white, Sang praise to God on high! O shout again, ye sons of men, Sing praise to God above. Till the utmost bounds of the world shall wake One mighty song of love.

Chorus

Ring on, ye bells, ye chiming bells, Your tuneful measure swelling; Ring on, ye bells, ye chiming bells, The grand old story telling. What a shout was heard in the realms of light, When peace and truth, descending, With a marshal'd host in their robes of white, Sang praise to God on high!

Verse 2

There was joy, great joy— ‘twas a glorious sight, the shepherds gazed in wonder, When the earth was filled with a splendor bright, From God’s eternal home. Great joy today, O let it ring As on that sacred morn, When the angel band in a far-off land Proclaimed the Saviour born.