Hymnal: Fillmore's Harp of Zion
Date: 1867
Compiler: A D Fillmore
Publisher/Printer: R W Carroll & Co
First Line: Hail the blest morn
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> By Permission
Composer: I Woodbury
Meter: 11s and 10s
Tune: Fennor
Hymn Number: <no hymn number given>
Page Number: 226, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHail the blest morn! when the great Mediator
Down from the regions of glory descends!
Shepherds, go worship the babe in the manger;
Lo! for your guide the bright angels attend.
Brightest and best of the sons of the morning,
Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid;
Star of the East, the horizon adorning,
Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.
Cold on his cradle the dew-drops are shining,
Low lies his head with the beasts of the stall;
Angels adore him, in slumbers reclining,
Maker, and Monarch, and Savior of all.
Say, shall we yield him in costly devotion,
Odors of Eden and offerings divine?
Gems from the mountains and pearls from the ocean,
Myrrh from the forest and gold from the mine.
Vainly we offer each ample oblation,
Vainly with gold would his favor secure;
Brighest and best of the sons of the morning,
Dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid;
Richer by far is the hearts adoration,
Dearer to God are the prayers of the poor.