Sunday, December 4, 2011

Sabbath Songs: Stars Were Gleaming

Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judæa in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.
–Matthew 2:1-2



Stars were gleaming, shepherds dreaming;
And the night was dark and chill.
Angels' story rang with glory;
Shepherds heard it on the hill.
Ah, that singing! Hear it ringing,
Earthward winging, Christmas bringing.
Hearken! We can hear it still!
Hearken! We can hear it still!

See the clearness and the nearness
Of the blessed Christmas star,
Leading, guiding, wise men riding
Through the desert dark and far.
Lovely showing, shining growing,
Onward going, gleaming glowing,
Leading still, our Christmas Star.
Leading still, our Christmas Star.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Are your polls set right? Seems I can vote everytime I come to the site. Last week too.
love the Christmas video/music.

mom said...

I sang along as if I knew where the words went! the music is beautiful! good thing no one could hear me sing. or someone would have said, "mom, stop singing"