What Star Is This, With Beams So Bright,
More Lovely Than The Noonday Light?
āTis Sent To Announce A New-Born King,
Glad Tidings Of Our God To Bring.
āTis Now Fulfilled What God Decreed,
āFrom Jacob Shall A Star Proceedā;
And Lo! The Eastern Sages Stand
To Read In Heaven The Lordās Command.
While Outward Signs The Star Displays,
An Inward Light The Lord Conveys,
And Urges Them, With Force Benign,
To Seek The Giver Of The Sign.
True Love Can Brook No Dull Delay;
Nor Toil Nor Dangers Stop Their Way
Home, Kindred, Father Land And All
They Leave At Their Creatorās Call.
O, While The Star Of Heavenly Grace
Invites Us, Lord, To Seek Thy Face,
May We No More That Grace Repel,
Or Quench That Light Which Shines So Well!
To God The Father, God The Son,
And Holy Spirit, Three In One,
May Every Tongue And Nation Raise
An Endless Song Of Thankful Praise!