Hymnal: The Christian Psalmist
Date: 1848
Compiler: S W Leonard and A D Fillmore
Publisher/Printer: S W Leonard
First Line: Brightest and best of the sons of the morning
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Meter: 10s and 11s
Tune: Star in the East
Hymn Number: <no hymn number given>
Page Number: 284, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsBrightest 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:
Sages adore him in slumbers reclining:
Maker, and Monarch, and Saviour of all.
Say, shall they yield him in costly devotion,
Odors of Eden and off'rings divine?
Gems of the mountains, and pearls of the ocean,
Myrrh from the forest, or gold from the mine?
Vainly they offer each ample oblation,
Vainly with gifts would his favour secure,
Richer by far is the hearts adoration,
Dearer to God, are the prayers of the poor.