Text: | What Star Is This |
Author: | Charles Coffin, 1676-1749 |
Translator: | John Chandler, 1806-1876 |
Tune: | PUER NOBIS |
Adapter: | Michael Praetorius, 1571-1621 |
1 What star is this with beams so bright,
More lovely than the noonday light?
’Tis sent to announce a newborn king,
Glad tidings of our God to bring.
2 ’Tis now fulfilled what God decreed,
“From Jacob shall a star proceed”;
And lo! the eastern sages stand,
To read in heaven the Lord’s command.
3 O Jesus, while the star of grace
Impels us on to seek your face,
Let not our slothful hearts refuse
The guidance of your light to use.
4 To God Creator, heavenly light,
To Christ, revealed in earthly night
To God the Spirit blest we raise
An endless song of thankful praise!
Text Information | |
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First Line: | What star is this with beams so bright |
Title: | What Star Is This |
Latin Title: | Quem stella sole pulchrior |
Author: | Charles Coffin, 1676-1749 |
Translator: | John Chandler, 1806-1876 (alt.) |
Meter: | LM |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1994 |
Scripture: | ; |
Topic: | Seasons and Feasts: Epiphany |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | PUER NOBIS |
Adapter: | Michael Praetorius, 1571-1621 |
Meter: | LM |
Key: | D Major |