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#117 from The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal)
Brightest and best of the stars of the morning
Tune
Morning Star
Metric Index
11 10. 11 10
Key & Modality
A♭ Major
Last five uses
January 7th, 2024 at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA for the Entrance Hymn
January 29th, 2023 at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA for the Entrance Hymn
February 15th, 2015 at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA for the Entrance Hymn
January 12th, 2014 at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA for the Entrance Hymn
January 10th, 2010 at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA for the Entrance Hymn
Poem Words (five verses)
1.
Brightest and best of the stars of the morning,
dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid;
star of the east, the horizon adorning,
guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.
dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid;
star of the east, the horizon adorning,
guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.
2.
Cold on his cradle the dewdrops are shining,
low lies his head with the beasts of the stall;
angels adore him in slumber reclining,
Maker and Monarch and Savior of all.
low lies his head with the beasts of the stall;
angels adore him in slumber reclining,
Maker and Monarch and Savior of all.
3.
Shall we then yield him, in costly devotion
odors of Edom, and offerings divine,
gems of the mountain, and pearls of the ocean,
myrrh from the forest, or gold from the mine?
odors of Edom, and offerings divine,
gems of the mountain, and pearls of the ocean,
myrrh from the forest, or gold from the mine?
4.
Vainly we offer each ample oblation,
vainly with gifts would his favor secure;
richer by far is the heart’s adoration,
dearer to God are the prayers of the poor.
vainly with gifts would his favor secure;
richer by far is the heart’s adoration,
dearer to God are the prayers of the poor.
5.
Brightest and best of the stars of the morning,
dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid;
star of the east, the horizon adorning,
guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.
dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid;
star of the east, the horizon adorning,
guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.
Hymn References
Author
Reginald Heber 1783-1826 (alt.)
Composer
James Proctor Harding 1850-1911
Publication Date
1985
Other Hymns By Tune (in Zack's Database)
#303 in Evangelical Lutheran Worship / Brightest and best of the stars of the morning (G Major ) [click to view]#84 in Lutheran Book of Worship / Brightest and best of the stars of the morning (G Major ) [click to view]
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