Christmas
From The Eastern Mountains
- Words:
- Godfrey Thring
- Music:
- Arthur H. Mann
Sheet music
- 1From the eastern mountains,Pressing on they come,Wise men in their wisdomTo His humble home;Stirred by deep devotion,Hasting from afar,Ever journeying onward,Guided by a star.Light of Light that shineth Ere the world began,Draw Thou near, and lighten Every heart of man.
- 2There their Lord and SaviorMeek and lowly lay,Wondrous Light that lead themOnward on their way,Ever now to lightenNations from afar,As they journey homewardBy that guiding star.Light of Light that shineth Ere the world began,Draw Thou near, and lighten Every heart of man.
- 3Thou Who in a mangerOnce hast lowly lain,Who dost now in gloryO’er all kingdoms reign,Gather in the peopleWho in lands afarNe’er have seen the brightnessOf Thy guiding star.Light of Light that shineth Ere the world began,Draw Thou near, and lighten Every heart of man.
- 4Gather in the outcasts,All who’ve gone a stray,Throw Thy radiance o’er them,Guide them on their way,Those who never knew Thee,Those who’ve wandered far,Lead them by the brightnessOf Thy guiding star.Light of Light that shineth Ere the world began,Draw Thou near, and lighten Every heart of man.
- 5Onward through the darknessOf the lonely night,Shining still before themWith Thy kindly light,Guide them, Jew and Gentile,Homeward from afar,Young and old together,By Thy guiding star.Light of Light that shineth Ere the world began,Draw Thou near, and lighten Every heart of man.
- 6Until every nation,Whether bond or free,‘Neath Thy star-lit banner,Jesus, follows TheeO’er the distant mountainsTo that heavenly home,Where no sin nor sorrowEver more shall come.Light of Light that shineth Ere the world began,Draw Thou near, and lighten Every heart of man.Amen.
In the hymnals
- Written in 1873, the words are in 174 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are 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.