The Star of Bethlehem (Cheyney)

Will that bright star again ap­pear

Which o’er Ju­dea’s plains beamed clear

To guide the wise men on their way

To where the in­fant Sav­ior lay?

That star which shed its sil­ve­ry rays

On Christ the Lord

in so­lemn praise

Will it re­peat to all the earth

The sto­ry of Mes­si­ah’s birth?

Did low­ly shep­herds that lone night

And an­gels from their home of light

Proclaiming loud the dawn of peace

Behold the beau­ty of thy face?

Did swell­ing sounds of gold­en lyre

With voic­es of that an­gel choir

Convey to thee the glad re­frain

Peace on earth

good will to men?

Didst thou the trem­bling Her­od see?

And wit­ness too his cru­el­ty?

Or in deep sor­row veil thy face

And on­ward rush through realms of space?

Brightest of Cas­sio­pe­ia’s train

O won­drous star

shine out again!

Shine out

O glo­ry-beam­ing gem

That stood of old o’er Beth­le­hem!

Listen

O star

to our ap­peal

And thy mys­te­ri­ous lore re­veal;

Shed o’er the world ce­les­ti­al light

And put the skep­tic’s doubts to flight.

And ev­er may thy ra­di­ant rays

Turn sin­ners from their ev­il ways;

And may our eyes be­hold the light

Which led those men of old aright.