Bright and morning star

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Behold the bright and morning star

Author: Thomas S. Cobb
Tune: [Behold the bright and Morning Star]
Published in 2 hymnals

Representative Text

1 Behold the bright and Morning Star,
Now shining from the heav'ns afar;
Its radiant beams from worlds so far,
Will guide us safely over there.

Refrain:
O Morning Star, O Beacon Light,
That leadeth me by day and night;
The Son of God The Light, the Way,
That leadeth to eternal day.

2 Our Saviour is that Morning Star,
The hope it gives, may nothing mar;
And may we not be led astray,
But keep within its shining way. [Refrain]

3 Then steadfast may we ever prove,
And ever up and onward move;
Oh, may its light illume our way,
Till we shall reach the gates of day. [Refrain]

Source: The New Wonderful Songs for Work and Worship #184

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Author: Thomas S. Cobb

Thomas S. Cobb (1876-1942), a native Texan, was educated in much the same circles as [Austin] Taylor, and received his music diploma from the Western Normal and College of Music in Dallas. He taught singing schools across Texas and the bordering states, and was particularly noted for the "Cobb Quartet" made up of his four daughters. He was recruited to Firm Foundation by Showalter in 1935.(Finley, 122ff.) Cobb edited only four hymnals for Firm Foundation before his death in 1942, but among these was the significant New Wonderful Songs (1933); at 296 hymns it was part of the trend toward more substantial publications. Prior to his work with Firm Foundation, Cobb edited hymnals for the Quartet Music Company of Fort Worth, Texas. A search o… Go to person page >

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