Afar from the East the wise men came,
To seek the in­fant King;
To hon­or the Sav­ior of man­kind,
And grate­ful of­fer­ings bring.
Across the plains of Pa­les­tine,
Directed by the star,
They came to bless and wor­ship Him,
Three wise men from afar.

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Afar in the East the news is heard
Of Christ, a Sav­ior, born;
And o’er the world the glo­ry breaks
Of glad re­demp­tion’s morn.

Beyond where the migh­ty ri­vers flow,
In Per­sian land they were;
They knew of the time He should ap­pear,
And bring Him gifts of myrrh.
With joy they hail the wel­come rays,
Which kind­ly guid­ed them;
And lo! the star that went be­fore
Stood ov­er Beth­le­hem.

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They found Him in lowly man­ger laid,
Tho’ he was roy­al, fair;
There ne­ver was prince so mean­ly clad,
Yet an­gels bright were there.
And then abroad the tid­ings flew,
O’er land and ov­er sea,
And all man­kind have heard the news
Salvation, full and free.

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