The phrase "The East" resonates through 18 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
The East
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The kings of the east are riding
Tonight to Bethlehem;...
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The kings of the east are riding
Tonight to Bethlehem;
...Their gifts at the feet of the Savior they cast.
Beautiful, beautiful star of the east
Beautiful, beautiful star of the east...
Their gifts at the feet of the Savior they cast.
Beautiful, beautiful star of the east
Beautiful, beautiful star of the east
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Lo! the star in the East!
Over Bethlehem’s plain,...
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Lo! the star in the East!
Over Bethlehem’s plain,
...A voice that I hear, across the sea,
Sings the sweetest songs of the east to me;
It sings of a land where bright suns glow,...
A voice that I hear, across the sea,
Sings the sweetest songs of the east to me;
It sings of a land where bright suns glow,
...When the ransomed and blest,
From the east and the west,
Shall stand by the crystalline sea....
When the ransomed and blest,
From the east and the west,
Shall stand by the crystalline sea.
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The sun is rising in the east,
It gilds the heavens wide,...
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The sun is rising in the east,
It gilds the heavens wide,
...Shines a wondrous star;
In the east the wise men
Watched it from afar;...
Shines a wondrous star;
In the east the wise men
Watched it from afar;
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Afar from the East the wise men came,
To seek the infant King;...
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Afar from the East the wise men came,
To seek the infant King;
...And makes your wastes His great highway.
Lands of the East, awake,
Soon shall your sons be free;...
And makes your wastes His great highway.
Lands of the East, awake,
Soon shall your sons be free;
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Wise men in the East, we’re told,
Did a wondrous star behold;...
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Wise men in the East, we’re told,
Did a wondrous star behold;
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Wise men in the East, we’re told,
Did a wondrous star behold;...
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Wise men in the East, we’re told,
Did a wondrous star behold;
...It was Thy day, sweet! and did rise
Not from the east, but from Thine eyes.
We saw Thee in Thy balmy nest,...
It was Thy day, sweet! and did rise
Not from the east, but from Thine eyes.
We saw Thee in Thy balmy nest,
...Hope of Heav’n, oh, priceless boon!
In the east the glow appearing,
Christ is coming—coming soon....
Hope of Heav’n, oh, priceless boon!
In the east the glow appearing,
Christ is coming—coming soon.
...Arise, all souls, arise, to meet your guest!
His light flames from the east unto the west.
The Lord of earth and Heaven is at the door,...
Arise, all souls, arise, to meet your guest!
His light flames from the east unto the west.
The Lord of earth and Heaven is at the door,
...Hope of Heav’n, oh, priceless boon!
In the east the glow appearing,
Christ is coming—coming soon....
Hope of Heav’n, oh, priceless boon!
In the east the glow appearing,
Christ is coming—coming soon.
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Star of the east! whose beacon light
A gleam on Bethlehem threw,...
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Star of the east! whose beacon light
A gleam on Bethlehem threw,
...Hark, the glad hosannas ring.
In the East, a star appearing,
Herald of His wondrous birth,...
Hark, the glad hosannas ring.
In the East, a star appearing,
Herald of His wondrous birth,
...O songs of the beautiful, songs of the blest,
Thus breathed by the East, on the hearts of the West;
How your music sweeps o’er us...
O songs of the beautiful, songs of the blest,
Thus breathed by the East, on the hearts of the West;
How your music sweeps o’er us
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