Songs of re­joic­ing now fall on our ears,
Cheering our spir­its and sooth­ing our fears;
Hark! the new voic­es, in tune­ful ac­cord,
Sound the high prais­es of Je­sus, our Lord.

Listen, O list­en, and hear the glad song
Nations and king­doms are waft­ing along;
Praise in the high­est with rap­ture they sing,
Glory, all glo­ry to Je­sus, our king.

Lo! the sad si­lence is brok­en at last,
Bright is the dawn­ing, the dark­ness is past;
Songs of re­demp­tion ring out on the air,
Jesus has con­quered, His glo­ry de­clare.

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Heralds of Je­sus have gone to pro­claim
Tidings of glad­ness and peace through His name;
Multitudes wait­ing for light from above
Hail the sweet mes­sage of light and of love.

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Spread the good tid­ings, for all have not heard—
Prisoners of dark­ness await the glad word;
Voices now si­lent shall tune­ful­ly sing
Loud hal­le­lu­jahs to Je­sus our king.

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