Star in the East (Lowrie)

Lo! the star in the East!

Over Beth­le­hem’s plain

It shines as a guide to the place

Where the wea­ry

worn tra­vel­er

His hopes may at­tain

And wor­ship that In­fant of Days.

While forth from their trea­sures

Frankincense and gold

And the cost­li­est spic­es they bring.

For in their dist­ant land

It had long been fore­told

The birth of that glo­ri­ous king.

Let the glad world re­joice!

Let the an­gel­ic bands

Their an­thems tri­umph­ant­ly sing!

To God be the glo­ry!

Sound forth

all ye lands

The com­ing of Je­sus our king.

Lo! the star in the East!

We may gaze on it now;

Be pil­grims

with it for our guide;

The les­son of Beth­le­hem

still ev­er new

The man­ger

and cross where He died.

We may read

we may learn

From His birth to His grave

The teach­ings of peace and of love;

For this is the King who is migh­ty to save;

His grace and His love we may prove.

Lo! the star in the East!

Let us fol­low it still

No pil­grim it e’er led as­tray;

Let us bow at His feet

Let us stu­dy His will

And ev­er His pre­cepts ob­ey.

What trea­sures have we

To pre­sent to our king

As an of­fer­ing fit­ting and true?

Our hearts and our­selves

Blessèd Je­sus

we bring

Accept us

and form us anew.

Lo! the star in the East!

Yet with far wid­er rays

Shall its glo­ri­ous shin­ing go forth;

And ear­nest­ly plead

God would hast­en the day

When His know­ledge shall fill all the earth.

We would lift up our pray­ers

We would strength­en our hands

Would send out our means all abroad

Till the glo­ri­ous Gos­pel is heard in all lands

And the world is con­vert­ed to God.