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Hark! How All The Welkin Rings

	1. 	What star is this with beams so bright, 
		More beauteous than the noonday light? 
		It shines to herald forth the King, 
		And Gentiles to His cradle bring. 
	
	2.	See now fulfilled what God decreed, 
		'From Jacob shall a star proceed'; 
		And eastern sages with amaze 
		Upon the wondrous vision gaze. 
		
	3.	The guiding star above is bright; 
		Within them shines a clearer light, 
		Which leads them on with power benign 
		To seek the Giver of the sign. 
		
	4.	True love can brook no dull delay, 
		Nor toil nor dangers stop their way; 
		Home, kindred, fatherland, and all 
		They leave at their Creator's call. 
		
	5.	O Jesu, while the star of grace 
		Allures us now  to seek Thy Face, 
		Let not our slothful hearts refuse 
		The guidance of that light to use.


Text:     Charles Wesley, Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1739
complete original text
Music: YATTENDON 18 §6220
H.E. Wooldridge, Yattendon 4-Part Hymns, Oxford 1875
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