Text: | Brightest and Best |
Author: | Reginald Heber |
Tune: | STAR OF THE EAST |
Arranger: | Folkert Kadyk |
Composer: | Reginald Heber |
1 Hail the blest morn! See the Great Mediator
Down from the regions of glory descend!
Shepherds, go worship the babe in the manger;
Lo, for a guard the bright angels attend.
Refrain:
Brightest and best of the sons 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.
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. [Refrain]
3 Shall we not yield him in costly devotion,
Odors of Eden, and offerings divine,
Gems of the mountain, and pearls of the ocean,
Myrrh from the forest, and gold from the mine? [Refrain]
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. [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Hail the blest morn! See the Great Mediator |
Title: | Brightest and Best |
Author: | Reginald Heber (1811) |
Refrain First Line: | Brightest and best of the sons of the morning |
Publication Date: | 1996 |
Topic: | Adoration; Angels; Christmas(6 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | STAR OF THE EAST |
Composer: | Reginald Heber |
Arranger: | Folkert Kadyk |
Key: | G Major |
Copyright: | Arr. © 1996 Friends General Conference |