The Australian Hymn Book
The Australian Hymn Book was published in 1977, and was the culmination of almost ten years' work by an ecumenical committee, chaired by A. Harold Wood, intent on producing a new, contemporary and inclusive hymn book that could be used in worship by the varied Christian congregations across Australia.
BRIGHTEST AND BEST OF THE SONS OF THE MORNING
[1]
Brightest and best of the sons of the morning
dawn on our darkness and lend us your aid:
star of the east, the horizon adorning,
guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.
[2]
Cold on his cradle the dewdrops are shining,
low lies his head with the beasts of the stall;
angels adore him in slumber reclining,
Maker and Monarch and Saviour of all.
[3]
Say, shall we yield him, in costly devotion
odours of Edom and offerings divine?
Gems of the mountain and pearls of the ocean,
myrrh from the forest or gold from the mine?
[4]
Vainly we offer each ample oblation,
vainly with gifts would his favour secure;
richer by far is the heart's adoration,
dearer to God are the prayers of the poor.
[5]
Brightest and best of the sons of the morning
dawn on our darkness .and lend us your aid:
star of the east, the horizon adorning,
guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.
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