Author: Edward Caswall, 1814 - 78; Aurelius Clemens Prudentius, 348 - 413 Hymnal: Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America #51 (1958) Lyrics: 1 Earth has many a noble city;
Bethlehem, thou dost all excel:
Out of thee the Lord from heaven
Came to rule his Israel.
2 Fairer than the sun at morning
Was the star that told his birth,
To the world its God announcing
Seen in fleshly form on earth.
3 Eastern sages at his cradle
Make oblations rich and rare;
See them give, in deep devotion,
Gold and frankincense, and myrrh. A-men.
4 Sacred gifts of mystic meaning:
Incense doth their God disclose,
Gold the King of kings proclaimeth,
Myrrh his sepulchre foreshows.
5 Jesu, whom the Gentiles worshipped
At thy glad Epiphany,
Unto thee, with God the Father
And the Spirit, glory be.
Amen. Topics: The Church Year Epiphany Languages: English Tune Title: STUTTGART
Earth has many a noble city