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THE KINGS OF THE EAST ARE RIDING

Scripture Verse

The star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young Child was. Matthew 2:9

Introduction

portrait
Clarence G. Hamilton
(1865–1935)

Words: Kath­ar­ine L. Bates, 1905.

Music: Wal­lace (Ham­il­ton) Clar­ence G. Ham­il­ton, 1905 (🔊 ).

portrait
Katharine L. Bates
(1859–1929)

Lyrics

The kings of the east are rid­ing
Tonight to Beth­le­hem;
The sun­set glows di­vid­ing,
The kings of the east are rid­ing,
A star their jour­ney guid­ing,
Gleaming with gold and gem.
The kings of the east are rid­ing
Tonight to Beth­le­hem.

To a strange sweet harp of Zi­on
The star­ry host troops forth:
The gold­en-glaived Ori­on
To a strange sweet harp of Zi­on,
The Arch­er and the Li­on,
The Watch­er of the north:
To a strange sweet harp of Zi­on
The star­ry host sweeps forth.

There beams above a man­ger
The child-face of a star;
Amid the stars a stran­ger,
It beams ab­ove a man­ger,
What means this eth­er-rang­er
To pause where poor folk are?
There beams above a man­ger
The child-face of a star.