Verse 1:
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As with glad - ness men of old
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Did the guid - ing star be - hold;
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As with joy they hailed its light
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Lea - ding on - ward, bea - ming bright,
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So most grac-ious God, may we
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Ever - more be led by Thee.
Verse 2:
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As with joy - ful steps they sped,
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Saviour, to Thy low - ly bed,
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There to bend the knee be - fore,
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Thee whom heaven and earth ad - ore,
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So may we with willing feet
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Ever seek Thy mer - cy - seat.
Verse 3:
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As they off - ered gifts most rare
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At Thy cra - dle rude and bare,
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So may we with ho - ly joy,
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Pure, and free from sin's all - oy,
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All our cost - liest trea - sures bring,
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Christ, to Thee, our heav - enly King.
Verse 4:
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Holy Je - sus, ev - ery day
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Keep us in the nar - row way;
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And, when earth - ly things are past,
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Bring our ran - somed souls at last
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Where they need no star to guide,
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Where no clouds Thy glo - ry hide
Verse 5:
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In the heav - enly coun - try bright
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Need they no cre - a - ted light;
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Thou its light, its joy, its crown,
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Thou its sun, which goes not down.
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There for - ever may we sing
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Halle - lujahs to our King.