Hymnal: The Sacred Melodeon
Date: 1848
Compiler: A S Hayden
Publisher/Printer: A S Hayden
First Line: Hail the blest morn when the great Mediator
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Meter: 10s and 11s
Tune: Hail the Blest Morn
Hymn Number: <no hymn number given>
Page Number: 215, 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 his guards 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 slumber reclining,
Maker, and Monarch, and Saviour of al.
Say, shall we yield him, in costly devotion,
Odours of Eden, and off'rings divine?
Gems of the mountain, and pearls of the ocean,
Myrrh from the forest, or gold from the mine?
Vainly we offer each ample oblation;
Vainly with gifts would his favour secure!
Richer by far is the heart's adoration,
Dearer to God are the prayers of the poor.