Hymnal: The Christian Psalmist
Date: 1848
Compiler: S W Leonard and A D Fillmore
Publisher/Printer: S W Leonard
First Line: When marshalled on the nightly plain
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Tune: Star of Bethlehem
Hymn Number: <no hymn number given>
Page Number: 344, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsWhen marshalled on the nightly plain
The glittering host bestud the sky,
One star alone of all that train
Can fix the sinner's wandering eye:
Hark! Hark! To God the chorus breaks
From every host, from every gem,
But one alone the Saviour speaks,
It is the star of Bethlehem.
Once on the raging seas I rode,
The storm was loud, the night was dark;
The ocean yawned, and rudely blowed
The winds that tossed my foundering bark;
Deep horror then my vitals froze,
Death-struck, I ceased the tide to stem,
When suddenly a star arose,
It was the star of Bethlehem.