LYRICS
| Meter: | 8 6 8 6 D (D.C.M.)
| | Writer(s): | Nahum Tate & WIlliam Billings
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| | Dates: | 1700
| | Bible Refs: |
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Standard
| 1922
| 62
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MUSIC
| Name: | SHINING STAR
| | Meter: | 8 6 8 6 D (D.C.M.)
| | Writer(s): | Terry Wootten
| | Dates: | 1988
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| 1. While shepherds watched
their flocks by night,
All seated on the ground,
The angel of the Lord came down,
And glory shone around.
On this day is born to you
A Savior meek and mild;
Haste ye all to Bethlehem
And kneel before the Child.
2. Lay down your crooks
and quit your flocks,
To Bethlehem repair;
And let your wand’ring
steps be spared,
By yonder shining star.
Seek ye not in palaces,
Nor regal curtains draw.
Search the stable, see your God
Extended on the straw.
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