WE THREE KINGS

Words & Music: John Henry Hopkins, Jr., 1857

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We three kings of Orient are;
Bearing gifts we traverse afar,
Field and fountain, moor and mountain,
Following yonder star.

Refrain

O star of wonder, star of light,
Star with royal beauty bright,
Westward leading, still proceeding,
Guide us to thy perfect light.

Born a King on Bethlehem's plain
Gold I bring to crown Him again,
King forever, ceasing never,
Over us all to reign.

Refrain

Frankincense to offer have I;
Incense owns a Deity nigh;
Prayer and praising, voices raising,
Worshipping God on high.

Refrain

Myrrh is mine, its bitter perfume
Breathes a life of gathering gloom;
Sorrowing, sighing, bleeding, dying,
Sealed in the stone cold tomb.

Refrain

Glorious now behold Him arise;
King and God and sacrifice;
Alleluia, Alleluia,
Sounds through the earth and skies.

Refrain

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"Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, 'Where is the One who has been born king of the Jews? We saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him.'" Matthew 2:1-2

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Timeline of John Henry Hopkins, Jr.

Born: 28 October 1820, Pittsburgh

1839 A.B. from the University of Vermont

1845 M.A. from the University of Vermont

1850 Graduated from the General Theological Seminary

1853-68 Founded & edited the Church Journal.

1872 Ordained

1883 Poems by the Wayside.

Died: 14 August 1891, Troy, NY

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