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O thou who by a star didst guide
Author: Rev. John Mason Neale (1818-1866) Appears in 67 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 2:9-11 Topics: The Lord Jesus Christ
O thou who by a star didst guide
Earth has many a noble city
Author: Prudentius, 348-c. 413; Edward Caswall, 1814-1878 Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 61 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 2:1-12 Lyrics: 1 Earth has many a noble city;
Bethl'hem, 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.
4 Sacred gifts of mystic meaning:
incense doth their God disclose,
gold the King of kings proclaimeth,
myrrh his sepulcher foreshows.
5 Jesu, whom the Gentiles worshipped
at thy glad Epiphany,
unto thee with God the Father
and the Spirit glory be. Topics: Epiphany; Epiphany Used With Tune: STUTTGART
Earth has many a noble city
Lord of the Dance
Author: Sydney Bertram Carter (1915-2004) Meter: Irregular with refrain Appears in 52 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 2:1 First Line: I danced in the morning when the world was begun Refrain First Line: Dance, then, wherever you may be Lyrics: 1 I danced in the morning
when the world was begun,
and I danced in the moon
and the stars, and the sun,
and I came down from heaven
and I danced on the earth--
at Bethlehem I had my birth.
Refrain:
Dance, then, wherever you may be:
I am the Lord of the Dance, said he,
and I’ll lead you all, wherever you may be,
and I’ll lead you all in the Dance, said he.
2 I danced for the scribe
and the Pharisee,
but they would not dance
and they would not follow me.
I danced for the fishermen,
for James and John --
they came with me
and the Dance went on. [Refrain]
3 I danced on the Sabbath
when I cured the lame,
the holy people
said it was a shame.
They whipped and they stripped
and they hung me high,
and they left me there
on a Cross to die. [Refrain]
4 I danced on a Friday
and the sky turned black --
it’s hard to dance
with the devil on your back.
They buried my body
and they thought I’d gone --
but I am the Dance
and I still go on. [Refrain]
5 They cut me down
and I leapt up high --
I am the life
that’ll never, never die.
I’ll live in you
if you’ll live in me,
I am the Lord
of the Dance, said he. [Refrain] Topics: Christ Incarnate Passion and Death; Christ Incarnate Public Ministry; Dance; Jesus Life and Ministry Used With Tune: LORD OF THE DANCE
Lord of the Dance
Bethlehem, a noble city
Author: Prudentius (348-c. 413); Edward Caswall (1814-1878) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 51 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 2:1-12 Lyrics: 1 Bethlehem, a noble city,
has been blessed beyond compare,
for the gracious God of heaven
once became incarnate there.
2 Fairer than the sun at morning
was the star that told his birth,
to the world its God announcing,
seen in human form on earth.
3 From the east came men of wisdom
bringing treasures prized of old,
tributes to a greater wisdom,
gifts of incense, myrrh, and gold.
4 Sacred gifts of mystic meaning:
incense shows that God has come,
gold proclaims him king of nations,
myrrh foretells his saving tomb.
5 Holy Jesus, in your brightness
to the gentile world displayed,
with the Father and the Spirit
endless praise to you be paid. Topics: Life in Christ Christ Incarnate - Christmas and Epiphany; Christian Year Season of Epiphany Used With Tune: STUTTGART
Bethlehem, a noble city
O Holy Night
Author: John S. Dwight, 1813-1893 Meter: Irregular Appears in 48 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 2:1-12 First Line: O holy night, the stars are brightly shining Used With Tune: CANTIQUE DE NOEL
O Holy Night
I Wonder As I Wander
Author: John Jacob Niles, 1892-1980 Meter: 12.11.11.12 Appears in 19 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 2:1-12 First Line: I wonder as I wander, out under the sky Topics: Christmas Used With Tune: I WONDER Text Sources: Appalachian carol
I Wonder As I Wander
The Star Proclaims the King Is Here
Author: John M. Neale; Coelius Sedulius Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 10 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 2:9 Lyrics: 1 The star proclaims the King is here;
But, Herod, why this senseless fear?
He takes no realms of earth away
Who gives the realms of heav'nly day.
2 The wiser Magi see from far
And follow on His guiding star;
And, led by light, to light they press
And by their gifts their God confess.
3 Within the Jordan's crystal flood
In meekness stands the Lamb of God
And, sinless, sanctifies the wave,
Mankind from sin to cleanse and save.
4 At Cana first His power is shown;
His might the blushing waters own
And, changing as He speaks the word,
Flow wine, obedient to their Lord.
5 All glory, Jesus, be to Thee
For this Thy glad epiphany;
Whom with the Father we adore
And Holy Ghost forevermore.
Amen. Topics: The Church Year Epiphany Used With Tune: WO GOTT ZUM HAUS
The Star Proclaims the King Is Here
Once in Royal David's City
Author: Cecil Frances Alexander (1818-1895) Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7 Appears in 407 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 2:1-12 Lyrics: 1 Once in royal David's city
stood a lowly cattle shed,
where a mother laid her baby
in a manger for his bed.
Mary was that mother mild,
Jesus Christ her little child.
2 He came down to earth from heaven,
who is God and Lord of all,
and his shelter was a stable,
and his cradle was a stall.
With the poor and mean and lowly
lived on earth our Saviour holy.
3 Not in that poor lowly stable,
with the oxen standing by,
we shall see him, but in heaven,
set at God's right hand on high,
when, like stars, his children crowned
all in white shall gather round.
Topics: Christmas; Epiphany Used With Tune: IRBY
Once in Royal David's City
There's A Song In The Air
Author: Josiah G. Holland Meter: 6.6.6.6.12.12 Appears in 201 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 2:10 First Line: There's a song in the air! Topics: The Worship of God; The Son Nativity
There's A Song In The Air
Hail, thou ever-blessed morn!
Author: Edward Caswall (1814-1878) Meter: 7.7.7.7 with refrain Appears in 164 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 2:1-6 First Line: See! in yonder manger low Lyrics: 1 See! in yonder manger low,
born for us on earth below,
see! the tender Lamb appears
promised from eternal years.
Refrain:
Hail, thou ever-blessèd morn!
Hail, redemption's happy dawn!
Sing through all Jerusalem,
'Christ is born in Bethlehem!'
2 Lo! within a manger lies
he who built the starry skies,
he who, throned in height sublime,
sits amid the cherubim. [Refrain]
3 Say, ye holy shepherds, say,
what your joyful news today;
wherefore have ye left your sheep
on the lonely mountain steep? [Refrain]
4 'As we watched at dead of night,
lo! we saw a wondrous light:
angels, singing peace on earth,
told us of the Saviour's birth.' [Refrain]
5 Sacred Infant, all Divine,
what a tender love was thine,
thus to come from highest bliss
down to such a world as this! [Refrain] Topics: Christ Incarnate Christmas and Epiphany Used With Tune: HUMILITY (OXFORD)
Hail, thou ever-blessed morn!
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