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The Star of Bethlehem

Representative Text

1 When, marshalled on the nightly plain,
The glittering hosts bestud the sky,
One star alone of all the train
Can fix the sinner's wandering eye.

2 Hark! hark! to God the chorus breaks
From every host, from every gem;
But one alone the Saviour speaks,
It is the Star of Bethlehem.

3 In storm and darkness, once I feared,
And, death-struck, ceased the tide to stem,
When suddenly a star appeared,
It was the Star of Bethlehem.

4 It is my guide, my light, my all;
It bids my dark forebodings cease;
And through life's storm and danger's thrall,
It leads me to the port of peace.

5 Thus, safely moored, my perils o'er,
I'll sing first in night's diadem,
For ever, and for evermore,
The Star! the Star of Bethlehem!


Source: Methodist Hymn and Tune Book: official hymn book of the Methodist Church #127

Author: Henry Kirke White

White, Henry Kirke, a gifted English poet who died early in life, was born in Nottingham, England, March 21, 1785. Very early he manifested a remarkable love for books and a decided talent for composition. But his parents were poor, and he was apprenticed in early boyhood to a stocking weaver, from which uncongenial servitude he escaped as soon as he could and began the study of law; but later he was converted and felt called to the ministry. The story of his conversion from deism to Christianity is briefly but beautifully told in the poem titled "The Star of Bethlehem." He entered St. John's College, Cambridge, in 1805 as a servitor; but died October 19, 1806, in the second year of his college course, when only twenty-one years of age. In… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: When marshalled on the nightly plain
Title: The Star of Bethlehem
Author: Henry Kirke White
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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The Christian Lyre, Volume 1 #116

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The Christian Psalmist #191

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The Christian's Harp #156

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The Church Hymnal with Canticles #46

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The Church Praise Book #461

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The Cluster of Spiritual Songs, Divine Hymns and Sacred Poems #DCLXXVI

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The College Hymnal #180

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The Congregational Hymn Book #719

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The Cyber Hymnal #7373

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The Devotional Chimes #130

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The Devotional Hymn and Tune Book #348

The Devotional Hymn Book #d549

The Dover Selection of Spiritual Songs #d261

The Dover Selection of Spiritual Songs, with an Appendix of Choice Hymns #d253

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The Evangelical Hymnal with Tunes #212

The Good Old Songs #d633

The Good Old Songs #397

The Gospel Alarm #d192

The Gospel Hymnal #d692

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The Gospel Psalmist #222

The Gospel Shower; a Collection of Gospel Hymns #d179

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The Great Redemption #272

The Halifax Selection of Hymns #d473

The Harmonia Sacra. 14th ed. #d357

The Harmoniad and Sacred Melodist #d155

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The Harp #246

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The Harp #141

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The Harp. 2nd ed. #a246

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The Heavenly Choir #139b

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The Hymn Book of the African Methodist Episcopal Church #773

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The Hymn Book of the Free Methodist Church #84

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The Hymnal #46

The Hymns of "Happy Voices" (without music) #d232

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The Jubilee Harp #574

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The Methodist Hymnal (Text only edition) #124

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The Methodist Hymnal #124

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The Millennial Harp #d517

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The National Baptist Hymn Book #ad587

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The National Baptist Hymnal #187

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The National Hymn Book of the American Churches #114

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The New Harmonia Sacra #323

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The New Hymn Book, Designed for Universalist Societies #161

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The Presbyterian Hymnal #103

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