The wise men of old saw a beau­ti­ful star,
Led on by its glo­ry they tra­veled afar;
O’er mount­ain and val­ley ’til wan­der­ings past,
Their gifts at the feet of the Sav­ior they cast.

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Beautiful, beau­ti­ful star of the east
Beautiful, beau­ti­ful star of the east
Scatter the sha­dows of sin far away,
Lead us to Je­sus, the Star of the day.

The star of the east as the her­ald of day,
The light ev­er­last­ing that fades not away;
Its beams ris­ing high­er, O hast­en and see,
The Light of the world shines for you and for me.

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The star of His word guards His peo­ple to­day,
To sweet joy in Je­sus ’tis lead­ing the way.
Then still let us fol­low and lov­ing­ly bring
Our hearts and our of­fer­ings to Je­sus our king.

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To those how in dark­ness are stray­ing afar,
We’ll show the pure rays of the beau­ti­ful star.
We’ll tell them of Je­sus, that at His dear feet,
The saved of all na­tions shall joy­ful­ly meet.

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