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O star of wonder, star of night

Author: J. H. Hopkins, 1820-1891 Meter: 8.8.4.4.6 with refrain Appears in 333 hymnals Topics: Epiphany; Epiphany First Line: We three kings of Orient are Lyrics: 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 plain, gold I bring to crown him again, king for ever, ceasing never over us all to reign: [Refrain] 3 Frankincense to offer have I, incense owns a deity nigh; prayer and praising, all men raising, worship him, 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. Heaven sings: 'Alleluia'; 'Alleluia,' the earth replies: [Refrain] Scripture: John 19:38-42 Used With Tune: THREE KINGS OF ORIENT

Our God Is Love, and All His Saints

Author: Thomas Cotterill, (1779-1823). Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 86 hymnals Topics: Epiphany, Second Sunday; Epiphany, Fourth Sunday Lyrics: 1 Our God is love, and all His saints His image bear below; The heart with love to God inspired With love to man will glow. 2 Teach us to love each other, Lord, As we are loved by Thee; None who are truly born of God Can live in enmity. 3 Heirs of the same immortal bliss, Our hopes and fears the same, The bonds of love our hearts unite, With mutual love inflame. 4 So may the unbelieving world See how true Christians love; And glorify our Saviour's grace, And seek that grace to prove. Amen. Scripture: 1 John 4:7 Used With Tune: LAMBETH

Fierce Was the Billow Wild

Author: Anatolius (Greek; date unknown) Meter: 6.4.6.4.6.6.6.4 Appears in 127 hymnals Topics: Church Year Epiphany; Epiphany, Fourth Sunday Lyrics: 1 Fierce was the billow wild, Dark was the night; Oars labored heavily, Foam glimmered white; Trembled the mariners, Peril was drawing nigh; Then said the God of God, "Peace! It is I." 2 Ridge of the mountain-wave, Lower thy crest! Wail of the tempest fierce, Be thou at rest! Sorrow must never be, Darkness must ever fly, Where saith the Light of Light, "Peace! It is I." 3 Jesus, Deliverer, Come Thou to me; Soothe Thou my voyaging Over life's sea: Thou, when the storm of death Roars, fiercely sweeping by, Whisper, O Truth of Truth, "Peace! It is I." Amen. Scripture: Matthew 8:23-27 Used With Tune: ST. EDMUND

O God, our help in ages past

Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,285 hymnals Topics: Year C Epiphany 2; Year C Epiphany 4 Lyrics: 1 Our God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come, our shelter from the stormy blast, and our eternal home. 2 Beneath the shadow of thy throne, thy saints have dwelt secure; sufficient is thine arm alone, and our defence is sure. 3 Before the hills in order stood, or earth received her frame, from everlasting thou art God, to endless years the same. 4 A thousand ages in thy sight are like an evening gone; short as the watch that ends the night before the rising sun. 5 Time, like an ever-rolling stream, will bear us all away; we fade and vanish, as a dream dies at the op'ning day. 6 Our God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come, be thou our guard while troubles last, and our eternal home. Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:7-8 Used With Tune: ST ANNE

As with Gladness Men of Old

Author: William C. Dix, 1837-1898 Appears in 661 hymnals Topics: The Liturgical Year The Epiphany of the Lord; The Liturgical Year The Epiphany of the Lord Refrain First Line: 77 77 77 Lyrics: 1 As with gladness men of old Did the guiding star behold, As with joy they hailed its light, Leading onward, beaming bright, So, most gracious Lord, may we Evermore be lead to thee. 2 As with joyful steps they sped To that lowly manger bed, There to bend the knee before Him whom heav'n and earth adore; So may we with willing feet Ever seek the mercy seat. 3 As they offered gifts most rare At that manger rude and bare; So may we with holy joy, Pure and free from sin's alloy, All our costliest treasures bring, Christ! to thee, our heav'nly King. 4 Holy Jesus, ev'ry day Keep us in the narrow way; And, when earthly things are past, Bring our ransomed souls at last Where they need no star to guide, Where no clouds thy glory hide. 5 In the heav'nly country bright Need they no created light; Thou, its light, its joy, its crown, Thou its sun which goes not down; There for ever may we sing Alleluias to our King. Scripture: Matthew 2:1-12 Used With Tune: DIX

Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Nowell

Meter: Irregular Appears in 434 hymnals Topics: Life in Christ Christ Incarnate - Christmas and Epiphany; Christian Year Season of Epiphany First Line: The first Nowell the angel did say Lyrics: 1 The first Nowell the angel did say was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay; in fields where they lay a-keeping their sheep on a cold winter's night that was so deep: [Refrain:] Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, born is the King of Israel. 2 They lookèd up and saw a star, shining in the east beyond them far, and to the earth it gave great light, and so it continued both day and night. [Refrain] 3 And by the light of that same star three wise men came from country far; to seek for a king was their intent, and to follow the star wherever it went. [Refrain] 4 This star drew nigh to the northwest, o'er Bethlehem it took its rest, and there it did both stop and stay right over the place where Jesus lay. [Refrain] 5 Then entered in those wise men three full reverently upon their knee, and offered there in his presence, their gold, and myrrh, and frankincense. [Refrain] 6 Then let us all with one accord sing praises to our heavenly Lord; that hath made heaven and earth of naught, and with his blood mankind hath bought. [Refrain] Scripture: Hebrews 9:12 Used With Tune: THE FIRST NOWELL Text Sources: English traditional carol

Bethlehem, a noble city

Author: Prudentius (348-c. 413); Edward Caswall (1814-1878) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 52 hymnals Topics: Life in Christ Christ Incarnate - Christmas and Epiphany; Christian Year Season of Epiphany Lyrics: 1 Bethlehem, a noble city, has been blessed beyond compare, for the gracious God of heaven once became incarnate there. 2 Fairer than the sun at morning was the star that told his birth, to the world its God announcing, seen in human form on earth. 3 From the east came men of wisdom bringing treasures prized of old, tributes to a greater wisdom, gifts of incense, myrrh, and gold. 4 Sacred gifts of mystic meaning: incense shows that God has come, gold proclaims him king of nations, myrrh foretells his saving tomb. 5 Holy Jesus, in your brightness to the gentile world displayed, with the Father and the Spirit endless praise to you be paid. Scripture: Matthew 2:1-12 Used With Tune: STUTTGART