4 Vainly we offer each ample oblation;

Vainly with gifts would His favor secure:
Richer by far is the heart's adoration;

Dearer to God are the prayers of the poor.

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2 Cold on His cradle the dewdrops are shining;
Low lies His head with the beasts of the stall:
Angels adore Him in slumber reclining,

Maker and Monarch and Saviour of all.

3 Say, shall we yield Him, in costly devotion,
Odors of Edom and offerings Divine,
Gems of the mountain and pearls of the ocean,
Myrrh from the forest, or gold from the mine?

5 Brightest and best of the sons of the morning,
Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid;
Star of the east, the horizon adorning,

Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.

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A-MEN.

Bishop Reginald Heber, 1811

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1 From the east-ern mountains, Press-ing on, they come, Wise men in their wisdom,

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To His humble home; Stirred by deep de - VO - tion, Hast-ing from a - - far,

(See also ST. ALBAN, No. 239)

2 Thou who in a manger
Once hast lowly lain,
Who dost now in glory

Henry G. Trembath, 1893

O'er all kingdoms reign,
Gather in the heathen,
Who in lands afar

JABU!!

Ere the worlds be- gan, Draw Thou near,and light- en Ev-ery heart of man. A-MEN.

Ne'er have seen the brightness
Of Thy guiding star.
Light of life, etc.

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Light of life that shin - eth