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<h2>WHAT STAR IS THIS, WITH BEAMS SO BRIGHT?</h2>
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<p align="center"><h3>“A star will come out of Jacob; a scepter will rise out of Israel.” Numbers 24:17</h3></p>
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<center><b>Hymns Supplied Through the Gracious Generosity<br>of the </b><a href="http://www.hymntime.com/tch/" target = "_blank"><b>Cyber Hymnal Website</b></a><br><br><a href="./hymns/hymns_html/cyberhymnal_info.html" target = "_blank">Information about Cyber Hymnal Website</a></center>
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<p><img src="./hymns/hymns_img/img_p_r_praetorius_m.gif" alt="Michael Praetorius (1571-1621)" align="right" hspace="15" vspace="5" width="130" height="172.666666666667"><em>Words:</em> <a href="./hymns/hymns_bio/bio_c_o_coffin_c.html" target="_blank">Charles Coffin</a>, <em>Paris Breviary</em>, 1736 (<em>Quae stella sole pulchrior</em>); translated from Latin to English by <a href="./hymns/hymns_bio/bio_c_h_chandler_j.html" target="_blank">John Chandler</a>, 1837.</p>
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<p><em>Music:</em> “Puer Nobis Nascitur,” Trier, Germany, 15th Century. Adapted by <a href="./hymns/hymns_bio/bio_p_r_praetorius_m.html" target="_blank">Michael Praetorius</a>, 1609; harmony by George Ratcliffe Woodward, 1910 </p><p><table><tr><td><a href="./hymns/hymns_mid/mid_p_puernobi.mid" target = "_blank"><img border=0 src="./hymns/hymns_img/notes.gif"><br><b>Play MIDI</b></a></td><td> </td><td><a href="./hymns/hymns_html/score_info.html" target = "_blank"><b>Link to obtain<br>musical score info</b></a></td></tr></table></p>
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<li>“Ein Kind Gebor’n,” old German carol </p><p><table><tr><td><a href="./hymns/hymns_mid/mid_e_i_einkigeb.mid" target = "_blank"><img border=0 src="./hymns/hymns_img/notes.gif"><br><b>Play MIDI</b></a></td><td> </td><td><a href="./hymns/hymns_html/score_info.html" target = "_blank"><b>Link to obtain<br>musical score info</b></a></td></tr></table></p>
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<li>“Sydney,” J. Hopkins, in <em>Hymns Ancient and Modern</em> </p><p><table><tr><td><a href="./hymns/hymns_mid/mid_s_y_sydney.mid" target = "_blank"><img border=0 src="./hymns/hymns_img/notes.gif"><br><b>Play MIDI</b></a></td><td> </td><td><a href="./hymns/hymns_html/score_info.html" target = "_blank"><b>Link to obtain<br>musical score info</b></a></td></tr></table></p>
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<p>What star is this, with beams so bright,<br>
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More lovely than the noonday light?<br>
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’Tis sent to announce a newborn King,<br>
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Glad tidings of our God to bring.</p>
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<p>’Tis now fulfilled what God decreed,<br>
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“From Jacob shall a star proceed”;<br>
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And lo! the Eastern sages stand<br>
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To read in heaven the Lord’s command.</p>
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<p>While outward signs the star displays,<br>
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An inward light the Lord conveys,<br>
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And urges them, with force benign,<br>
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To seek the Giver of the sign.</p>
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<p>True love can brook no dull delay;<br>
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Nor toil nor dangers stop their way<br>
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Home, kindred, father land and all<br>
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They leave at their Creator’s call.</p>
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<p>O, while the star of heavenly grace<br>
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Invites us, Lord, to seek Thy face,<br>
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May we no more that grace repel,<br>
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Or quench that light which shines so well!</p>
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<p>To God the Father, God the Son,<br>
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And Holy Spirit, Three in One,<br>
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May every tongue and nation raise<br>
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An endless song of thankful praise!</p>
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