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Morning Star

Brightest and best of the stars of the morning

117

The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal)

Metric Index

11 10. 11 10

Modality

A♭ Major

15-Pitch Humming Index

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Author

Reginald Heber [1783-1826 (alt.)]

Composer

James Proctor Harding [1850-1911]

Language

English

Publication Date

1985

Last Five Uses

• Used on Jan 12, 2025 10:30 as the Entrance Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Jan 07, 2024 10:30 as the Entrance Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Jan 29, 2023 10:30 as the Entrance Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Feb 15, 2015 00:00 as the Entrance Hymn at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA
• Used on Jan 12, 2014 10:00 as the Entrance Hymn at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA

Poem Words (Five verses)

Brightest and best of the stars of the morning,
dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid;
star of the east, the horizon adorning,
guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.

Cold on his cradle the dewdrops are shining,
low lies his head with the beasts of the stall;
angels adore him in slumber reclining,
Maker and Monarch and Savior of all.

Shall we then yield him, in costly devotion
odors of Edom, and offerings divine,
gems of the mountain, and pearls of the ocean,
myrrh from the forest, or gold from the mine?

Vainly we offer each ample oblation,
vainly with gifts would his favor secure;
richer by far is the heart’s adoration,
dearer to God are the prayers of the poor.

Brightest and best of the stars of the morning,
dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid;
star of the east, the horizon adorning,
guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.