LYRICS
| Meter: | 7 7 8 8 7 7
| Writer(s): | Nikolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig
| Transl/Adapt: | Unknown
| Dates: | 1810
| Bible Refs: | Mt 2:1-2
| Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary
| 1996
| 120
| Hymnal - A Worship Book
| 1992
| 219
|
MUSIC
| Name: | CELESTIA
| | Meter: | 7 7 8 8 7 7
| Writer(s): | Danish melody & Jacob Gerhard Meidell
| Dates: | 1840
| 
Alternate Tunes
| DEJLIG ER DEN HIMMEL BLAA | 7 7 8 8 7 7 | Danish melody | |
| 1. Bright and glorious is the sky,
Radiant are the heavens high
Where the golden stars were shining
And their rays to earth inclining,
|:Beckoning us to Heaven above.:|
2. On that holy Christmas night
Through the darkness beamed a light
All the stars above were paling,
All their luster slowly failing,
|:As the Christmas star drew nigh.:|
3. Sages from the East afar,
When they saw this wondrous star,
Went to the find the King of nations,
And to offer their oblations
|:Unto Him as Lord and King.:|
4. Him they found in Bethlehem,
Yet He wore no diadem;
They but saw a maiden lowly
With an Infant pure and holy,
|:Resting in her loving arms.:|
5. Guided by the star they found
Him Whose praise the ages sound,
We too have a star to guide us
Which forever will provide us
|:With the light to find our Lord.:|
6. As a star God’s holy Word
Leads us to our King and Lord;
Brightly from its sacred pages
Shall this light throughout the ages
|:Shine upon our path of life.:|
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