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150 | Glory to God#151 | 152 |
Text: | We Three Kings of Orient Are |
Author: | John Henry Hopkins Jr. |
Tune: | KINGS OF ORIENT |
Composer: | John Henry Hopkins Jr. |
Media: | Audio recording |
1 We three kings of Orient are;
bearing gifts we traverse afar,
field and fountain, moor and mountain,
following yonder star.
Refrain:
O star of wonder, star of night,
star with royal beauty bright,
westward leading, still proceeding,
guide us to thy perfect light!
2 Born a King on Bethlehem’s plain,
gold I bring to crown him again,
King forever, ceasing never
over us all to reign. [Refrain]
3 Frankincense to offer have I;
incense owns a deity nigh;
prayer and praising gladly raising,
worshiping God Most High. [Refrain]
4 Myrrh is mine; its bitter perfume
breathes a life of gathering gloom;
sorrowing, sighing, bleeding, dying,
sealed in the stone-cold tomb. [Refrain]
5 Glorious now behold him arise,
King and God and Sacrifice:
Alleluia! Alleluia!
sounds through the earth and skies. [Refrain]
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First Line: | We three kings of Orient are |
Title: | We Three Kings of Orient Are |
Author: | John Henry Hopkins Jr. (1857, alt.) |
Refrain First Line: | O star of wonder, star of night |
Meter: | 8.8.8.6 with refrain |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2013 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; ; ; |
Topic: | Christian Year: Nativity/Christmas; Christian Year: Epiphany; Jesus Christ: Birth |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | KINGS OF ORIENT |
Composer: | John Henry Hopkins Jr. (1857, alt.) |
Meter: | 8.8.8.6 with refrain |
Key: | G Major |
Although Christians had begun by the 2nd century to speak of these visitors from eastern countries (Matthew 2:1–12) as “kings,” perhaps because of passages like Psalm 72:10 and Isaiah 60:3, it is more accurate to think of them as magi or astrologers, the scholars of their day.
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