Epiphany
As With Gladness Men of Old
- Words:
- William Chatterton Dix, 1860.
- Music:
- 'Dix' or 'Treuer Heiland, Wir Sind Heir' Conrad Kocher, 1838. Abridged by William Henry Monk, 1861.
- Setting:
- Conrad Kocher, 1838, alt. by William Henry Monk, 1861, alt. for "The English Hymnal", 1906.
- Metre:
- 7 7 7 7 7 7
- 1As with gladness, men of oldDid the guiding star beholdAs with joy they hailed its lightLeading onward, beaming brightSo, most glorious Lord, may weEvermore be led to Thee.
- 2As with joyful steps they spedTo that lowly manger bedThere to bend the knee beforeHim whom Heav'n and earth adore;So may we with willing feetEver seek Thy mercy seat.
- 3As they offered gifts most rareAt that manger rude and bare;So may we with holy joy,Pure and free from sin's alloy,All our costliest treasures bring,Christ, to Thee, our heav'nly King.
- 4Holy Jesus, ev'ry dayKeep us in the narrow way;And, when earthly things are past,Bring our ransomed souls at lastWhere they need no star to guide,Where no clouds Thy glory hide.
- 5In the heav'nly country bright,Need they no created light;Thou its Light, its Joy, its Crown,Thou its Sun which goes not down;There forever may we singAlleluias to our King!
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- Written in 1861, the words are in 701 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
- The tune, Dix, is in 1,079 hymnals. The tune →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project (Brian J. Dumont), which places its own work in the public domain. Further sheet music is from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.