Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: Brightest and best of the sons of the morning
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: W Barrett
Meter: 11s and 10s
Tune: Laura
Hymn Number: 160
Page Number: 066, 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 angel attends!--CHO.
CHO.--Brightest and best of the sons of the morning,
Dawn on our darkness, and lend us Thine aid.
Cold on His cradle the dew-drops are shining,
Low lies His head with the beats of the stall;
Angels adore Him in slumbers reclining,
Maker, and Monarch, and Saviour of all!--CHO.
Say, shall we yield Him, in costly devotion,
Odors of Eden and off'rings divine--
Gems from the mountain, and pearls from the ocean,
Myrrh from the forest, and gold from the mine?--CHO.
Vainly we offer earth's richest oblation,
Vainly with gold would His favor secure;
Richer, by far, is the heart's adoration,
Dearer to God are the pray'rs of the poor!--CHO.