A

Al le - lu - ia, Al le

Refrain

men,

nev

rais

4 Myrrh is mine; its bitter perfume
Breathes a life of gathering gloom;-
Sorrowing, sighing, bleeding, dying
Sealed in the stone-cold tomb.

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mount-ain Fol-low-ing yon - der
er O - ver us all
ing, Worship Him, God

Bear-ing gifts we traverse a - far,
Gold I bring to crown Him again
Incense owns a De -i- ty nigh:

lu - ia, A

Rev. JOHN H. HOPKINS, Jr., 1857

Alle lu - ia! A

men.

FINE.

star.

to reign.

on

high.

star of won- der, star of night; Star with royal beau- ty bright;

men.

West-ward lead - ing, still pro-ceed - ing, Guide us to Thy perfect light.

5 Glorious now behold Him arise
King, and God, and Sacrifice,
Alleluia, Alleluia!

Heaven and earth replies.

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shepherds in fields as they lay; In fields where they
east, beyond them far, And to
the earth
came from country far;
Το seek for a King
took its rest,
And there it did
on their knee, And of fered there,
our heav'nly Lord, That hath made heav'n

hem

it

up

sheep, On a cold winter's

light, And

So

it follow

tent,

stay,

Right

0 - ver

ence, Their nought, And

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with

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the star

the and

His

three, ac cord

night

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the

in wise

men

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Three

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Traditional

SO deep. day and night. wher ev - er it went. lay.

sus
in
hath bought.

cense.

keeping their gave great was their in both stop and His pres earth of

in
and

Refrain

Thro' the darkness be Thou with me; Keep me safe till morning light.
Thou hast cloth'd me, warm'd and fed me; Lis-ten to my evening pray'r!
Take us all at last to heav-en, Hap-py there with Thee to dwell. A-men.

T

Rev. JOHN ELLERTON, 1874

4

MORN OF GLADNESS 7.6.7.6. D. With Refrain

1. A-gain the morn of glad-ness, The morn of light, is here; And earth itself looks 2. A-gain, O lov-ing Saviour, The children of Thy grace Pre-pare them-selves to 3. Tell out,sweet bells, His praises! Sing,children,sing His name! Still loud-er and still

fair er,
And heav'n it - self more near;
seek Thee With - in Thy chos- en place;
further His might-y deeds pro-claim!

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ARTHUR COTTMAN

qui - et

Speak peace in ev-'ry breast; And all the land lies
To keep the day of
If Thou our hearts wilt raise; If Thou our lips wilt o-pen, Our mouth shall show Thy
Shall own Him Lord and King; Till ev-'ry knee shall wor-ship, And ev-'ry tongue shall

be to Jesus, Let all His chil-dren say;