Star in the East

from The Southern Harmony (1854) (11. 10. 11. 10.) Anonymous
3 -part chorus

DESCANT &C ú
1 VERSE:
Ï Ï ú Ï Ï ú Ï Ï Ï Ï ú
1. Hail, the blest morn, see the great Me - di - a - tor,
2. Cold on his cra - dle the dew - drops are shin - ing;
3. Say, shall we yield him, in cost - ly de - vo - ton,
4. Vain - ly we of - fer each am - ple ob - la - tion,

MELODY &C ú Ï Ï ú Ï Ï ú Ï Ï Ï Ï ú
1. Hail, the blest morn, see the great Me - di - a - tor,
2. Cold on his cra - dle the dew - drops are shin - ing;
3. Say, shall we yield him, in cost - ly de - vo - ton,

?C ú Ï
4. Vain - ly we of - fer each am - ple ob - la - tion,
BASS Ï ú Ï Ï ú Ï Ï ú ú

& ú
5

Ï Ï ú Ï Ï ú Ï Ï w ú Ï Ï ú Ï Ï
Down from the re - gion of glo - ry de - scend! Shep - herds, go wor - ship the
low lise his bed, with the beasts of the stall; An - gels a - dore him, in
O - dours of E - den, and of - ferings di - vine, Gems from the moun - tain, and
Vain - ly with gold we his fa - vour se - cure. Rich - er by far is the

& ú Ï Ï ú Ï Ï ú Ï Ï w ú Ï Ï ú Ï Ï
Down from the re - gion of glo - ry de - scend! Shep - herds, go wor - ship the
low lise his bed, with the beasts of the stall; An - gels a - dore him, in
O - dours of E - den, and of - ferings di - vine, Gems from the moun - tain, and

? ú Vain - ly with
Ï Ï
gold
ú Ï Ï
we his
ú Ï Ï
fa - vour se - cure.
ú
Rich - er
Ï Ï by far is the

w ú Ï Ï

& ú
11

Ï Ï Ï Ï ú ú Ï Ï ú Ï Ï ú Ï Ï w
babe in the man - ger, Lo, for his guard the bright an - gels at - tend.
slum - bers re - clin - ing, Wise men and shep - herds be - fore him do fall.
pearls from the o - cean, Myrrh from the for - est and gold from the mine?
heart's a - do - ra - tion: Dear - er to God are the prayers of the poor.

& ú Ï Ï Ï Ï ú ú Ï Ï ú Ï Ï ú Ï Ï w
babe in the man - ger, Lo, for his guard the bright an - gels at - tend.
slum - bers re - clin - ing, Wise men and shep - herds be - fore him do fall.
pearls from the o - cean, Myrrh from the for - est and gold from the mine?

? ú heart's a -
Ï Ï ú
do - ra - tion:
ú ú
Dear - er to
Ï Ï
God
ú
are
Ï Ï
the
ú Ï Ï
prayers of the poor.

w
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& ú Ï . JÏ Ï Ï ú ú ú
CHORUS:
Ï Ï ú Ï Ï
17

Ï Ï
Bright - est and best of the sons of the morn - ing! Dawn on our

& ú Ï Ï ú Ï Ï Ï. Ï Ï Ï ú ú ú Ï Ï
J
? ú Ï Ï Ï Ï ú Ï Ï ú ú ú Ï Ï
Bright - est and best of the sons of the morn - ing! Dawn on our
ú
Bright - est and best of the sons of the morn - ing! Dawn on our

& ú
22

Ï Ï ú Ï Ï w ú Ï Ï ú Ï Ï

& ú ú Ï Ï
dark - ness, and lend us thine aid; Star in the east, the ho -
Ï Ï Ï. Ï Ï
JÏ w ú Ï Ï
Ï ú Ï Ï ú
dark - ness, and lend us thine aid; Star in the east, the ho -
? ú Ï ú Ï Ï w Ï Ï
dark - ness, and lend us thine aid; Star in the east, the ho -

Ï Ï ú Ï Ï ú U last time only

&ú Ï Ï Ï Ï ú ú Ï Ï w
27

U
ri - zon a - dorn - ing, Guide where our in - fant Re - deem - er was laid.

&ú Ï Ï Ï Ï ú ú Ï Ï ú Ï Ï ú Ï Ï w

?ú
ri - zon a - dorn
ú
- ing,
ú
Guide

ú
where our in - fant Re - deem - er was
ú Ï Ï ú Ï Ï U
laid.

Ï Ï Ï Ï w
ri - zon a - dorn - ing, Guide where our in - fant Re - deem - er was laid.

SOURCE: The Southern Harmony (1854 edition, ed. William Walker, attrib. to Baptist Harmony, p. 35)