The Cyber Hymnal ‎#13122

13122. The Best That Heav'n Could Bring

1 The best that Heav’n could bring—
First fruits, an offering free—
Was brought from far, when by the star,
The wise men came to Thee.

2 No scepter, and no throne!
The magi were amazed,
As, with surprise, on humble guise
And poverty, they gazed.

3 But there Thy God-head shone,
Despite the manger bed;
O Christ, the Lord, Incarnate Word!
’Twas there Thou laid’st Thy head.

Text Information

• First Line: The best that Heav’n could bring
• Title: The Best That Heav'n Could Bring
• Translator: John Brownlie
• Meter: SM
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns from the East (Paisley, Scotland: Alexander Gardner, 1907)
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tunes: MONSELL by Joseph Barnby, RHODES by Charles W.Jordan, SCHUMANN from "Cantica Laudis"

Tune Information

• Name: LAKE ENON
• Composer: Isaac Baker Woodbury (1856)
• Meter: SM
• Key: A Major
• Copyright: Public Domain