Glory to God ‎#152

152. What Star Is This, with Beams So Bright

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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 While outward signs the star displays,
an inward light the Lord conveys
and urges them, with tender might,
to seek the giver of the light.

4 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.

Text Information

• First Line: What star is this, with beams so bright
• Title: What Star Is This, with Beams So Bright
• Author: Charles Coffin (1736)
• Translator: John Chandler (1837, alt.)
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2013
• Scripture:
  Numbers 24:17
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  Matthew 2:1-12
• Topic: Christian Year: Nativity/Christmas; Christian Year: Epiphany; Jesus Christ: Birth

Tune Information

• Name: PUER NOBIS NASCITUR
• Adapter: Michael Praetorius (1609)
• Harmonizer: George Ratcliffe Woodward (1910)
• Meter: LM
• Key: D Major
• Source: Trier ms., 15th cent.
• Notes: (alternate harmonization, 254)

Text Information:

This 18th-century Latin text calls attention to three kinds of light: the light of the star leading the Magi to the Christ-child, the inward light inspiring their journey, and Christ who is the Light of the world. The simple unison melody unites everything in a gentle arc.