The Cyber Hymnal ‎#13245

13245. The Star Of Jacob

1 The Star of Jacob yet shall rise
Upon a sad and sinful world,
Like morning from the orient skies,
When night’s dark curtain clouds are furled.
And all the nations of the earth
Shall come with songs of holy mirth,
To hail the great Redeemer’s birth,
The advent of the Word divine.

2 The Star of Jacob’s heav’nly light
Shall cheer this lowly vale of tears,
As planet, through the glooms of night,
Upon the wanderer’s path appears;
And from temptation’s guileful snares,
And ’neath the load of mortal cares,
And through the toil that mortal bears,
It shall the faithful pilgrim guide.

3 The Star of Jacob’s holy beam,
Shall fade not with the fading ev’n,
But meet the pious pilgrim’s dream,
And draw his footsteps on to Heav’n;
And to the soul, with parted breath,
It shall illume the darksome path
That stretches through the vale of death,
And bring him safely to his God.

Text Information

• First Line: The Star of Jacob yet shall rise
• Title: The Star Of Jacob
• Author: William Knox (cento)
• Meter: LMD
• Language: English
• Source: Songs of Israel (Edinburgh: J. Anderson, 1824)
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tunes: BUCUREŞTI by Asa Hull, COMPLETE IN THEE by Talmage J. Bittikofer, DUANE STREET by George Coles

Tune Information

• Name: HE LEADETH ME
• Composer: William Batchelder Bradbury (1864)
• Meter: LMD
• Key: D Major
• Copyright: Public Domain