THE STAR IN THE EAST.
Where is the Child to Israel given, King of the Jews, the sent of heaven ? To worship him we come from far, For in the East we have seen His star. All ye who watch through this dark night For the first dawn of morning light, Rejoice ! the rising Sun is near, His star doth in the East appear. Christ as the Sun to rule the day Shall soon His glorious beams display ; But happy they who from afar First hail him as the Morning Star. An Angel—lntercessor—Star, Before God’s presence—hid—afar In the unseen—with God alone Within the vail —He long hath gone. Dismal and dark the night has been, Athwart the gloom no Star was seen, No star lias shed its cheering ray, To herald the approach of day. Bub now—before the Sun arise, The Morning Star gladdens our eyes, We see him now, as Angel stand, The smoking censer in His hand. As Angel—Star, we see Him, —Where ? Wher’er he nears a house of prayer O’er which an angel doth preside, Christ’s Messenger, His saints to guide. - Wher’er we see an Angel stand, The incense rising from his hand, The Morning Star our sadness cheers, Christ in His Messenger appears. Come ! let us then who see this Star— Like the wise men who came from far, Our grateful offerings haste to bring, And hail Him as the coming King. Bring gold, truth, doctrine, pure as heaven From God, through His apostles given, And Him adore with his own light, Through the seven Elders beaming bright. Frankincense bring, and fill the hands Of Him who at the Altar stands ; From dead and living let the cry Ascend before the throne on high. Bring, Myrrh,—even sorrows bitter tear, Not that wrung out by trials severe, But droppings from the heart which flow, Like Thine, O Jesus, in Thy woe. Bring Gold —bring Myrrh—Frankincense bring, And worship Him —the coming King, Who bath its led —th'as from afar To His ova mvsci'cr by ibo. kitar.
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Temuka Leader, Volume 2, Issue 123, 22 February 1879, Page 2
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339THE STAR IN THE EAST. Temuka Leader, Volume 2, Issue 123, 22 February 1879, Page 2
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