There’s a star that arose on the beau­ti­ful night,
When an­gels des­cend­ed, all love­ly and bright;
And, fold­ing their pin­ions, pro­claimed to the world
The stand­ard of mer­cy thro’ Je­sus un­furled.

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Beautiful star, Beth­le­hem’s star,
Shining, still shin­ing, from re­gions afar;
Beautiful star, peace­ful and bright,
Smile on us ev­er by day and by night.

’Twas the star that the sag­es pre­dict­ed should rise;
It shone like a gem on the blue eth­er skies;
The first and the fair­est that jew­eled the train
That glist­ened and spark­led on Beth­le­hem’s plain.

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’Tis the star that for ag­es the pil­grims have blest,
The her­ald of glad­ness, the bea­con of rest;
Its lus­ter un­fad­ing no cloud can ob­scure,
It leads on to glo­ry, its hav­en is sure.

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