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#84 from Lutheran Book of Worship
Brightest and best of the stars of the morning
Tune
Morning Star
Metric Index
11 10 11 10
Key & Modality
G Major
Last uses
No previous uses
Poem Words (five verses)
1.
Brightest and best of the stars of the morning,
Dawn on our darkness and lend us your aid.
Star of the East, the horizon adorning,
Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.
Dawn on our darkness and lend us your aid.
Star of the East, the horizon adorning,
Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.
2.
Cold on his cradle the dew-drops 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 not yield him, in costly devotion,
Fragrance of Edom and off'rings divine,
Gems of the mountain and pearls of the ocean,
Myrrh from the forest or gold from the mine?
Fragrance of Edom and off'rings 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 your aid.
Star of the East, the horizon adorning,
Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.
Dawn on our darkness and lend us your aid.
Star of the East, the horizon adorning,
Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.
Hymn References
Author
Reginald Heber 1783-1826
Composer
James P. Harding 1861-1911 (adapt.)
Publication Date
1978
Topic
Epiphany
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]#117 in The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal) / Brightest and best of the stars of the morning (A♭ Major ) [click to view]
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