LYRICS
| Meter: | 7 7 7 7 7 7
| | Writer(s): | William Chatterton Dix
| | Transl/Adapt: |
| | Dates: | 1860
| | Bible Refs: | Mt 2:1; Mt 2:10-11; Rev 21:23
| Anglican Hymn Book 1965
| 1965
| 126
| Australian Hymn Book/With One Voice
| 1977
| 239
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 1962
| 90
| Baptist Hymnal
| 1956
| 68
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 1919
| 1919
| 100
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 1960
| 1960
| 77
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 2000
| 2000
| 189
| Church Hymnal Revised
| 1920
| 69
| Common Praise (Anglican C. of Canada)
| 1998
| 160
| Common Praise: Hymns Ancient & Modern
| 2000
| 83
| Complete Mission Praise
| 2000
| 39
| Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary
| 1996
| 168
| Hymnal - A Worship Book
| 1992
| 218
| Hymnal Comp to Book of Common Prayer
| 1890
| 106
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, New Edition
| 1904
| 84
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, New Standard
| 1983
| 51
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Revised
| 1950
| 79
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Standard
| 1922
| 79
| Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 1983
| 121
| Hymns for Worship and Celebration
|
| 163
| Hymns of Faith
| 1964
| 160
| Hymns Old & New, Complete Anglican Editi
| 2000
| 49
| Hymns Old & New, New Anglican Edition
| 1996
| 41
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 1954
| 132
| Mirfield Mission Hymn Book
| 1955
| 177
| New English Hymnal
| 1985
| 47
| Oxford Hymn Book
| 1925
| 76
| Presbyterian Hymn Book
| 1990
| 63
| Sarum Hymnal
| 1869
| 62
| Songs of Fellowship 1
| 1991
| 31
| Songs of Praise
| 1925
| 57
| Songs of Praise, Enlarged Edition
| 1931
| 83
| STELBAP
|
| 645
| The Book of Common Praise
| 1908
| 94
| The Book of Common Praise - Revised
| 1938
| 97
| The Church Hymnal for the Christian Year
| 1917
| 138
| The English Hymnal
| 1906
| 39
| The Hymn Book of Angl & Unit Ch Canada
| 1971
| 435
| The Hymnal 1916
| 1916
| 94
| The Hymnal 1940
| 1940
| 52
| The Hymnal 1982
| 1982
| 119
| Together in Song: The Australian HB II
| 1999
| 314
| Trinity Hymnal
| 1961
| 154
|
MUSIC
Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary
| 168
| No key
| American Catholic Hymnbook
| 141
| No key
| American Catholic Hymnbook
| 171
| No key
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 90
| A
| Songs of Fellowship 1
| 31
| A
| Baptist Hymnal
| 14
| A
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 681
| A
| Believers Hymn Book
| 255
| A
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Standard
| 79
| A
| Baptist Hymnal
| 68
| Ab
| Baptist Hymnal
| 153
| Ab
| Hymns for Worship and Celebration
| 163
| G
| Hymns of Faith
| 160
| G
| Hymns for Worship and Celebration
| 560
| G
| Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 121
| G
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Alternate Tunes
| ORIENT | 7 7 7 7 7 7 | Charles Villiers Stanford |
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| 1. As with gladness men of old
Did the guiding star behold;
As with joy they hailed its light,
Leading onward, beaming bright,
So, most gracious God, may we
Evermore be led to Thee.
2. As with joyful steps they sped,
Saviour, to Thy lowly bed,
There to bend the knee before
Thee whom heaven and earth adore,
So may we with willing feet
Ever seek Thy mercy-seat.
3. As they offered gifts most rare
At thy cradle rude and bare,
So may we with holy joy,
Pure, and free from sin's alloy,
All our costliest treasures bring,
Christ, to Thee, our heavenly King.
4. Holy Jesus, every day
Keep us in the narrow way;
And, when earthly things are past,
Bring our ransomed souls at last
Where they need no star to guide,
Where no clouds Thy glory hide.
5. In the heavenly country bright
Need they no created light;
Thou its light, its joy, its crown,
Thou its sun, which goes now down.
There for ever may we sing
Hallelujahs to our king.
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