Boundless Love ‎#180

180. Brightest and Best

1 Brightest and best of the sons of the morning,
Dawn on our darkness and lend us Thine aid;
Star of the East, the horizon adorning,
Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.

Refrain:
Brightest and best,
Brightest and best;
Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.
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.

2 Say, shall we yield Him, in costly devotion,
Odors of Edom and offerings divine?
Gems of the mountain, and pearls of the ocean,
Myrrh from the forest, or gold from the mine. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Brightest and best of the sons of the morning
• Title: Brightest and Best
• Author: Reginald Heber
• Refrain First Line: Brightest and best
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1896

Tune Information

• Name: [Brightest and best of the sons of the morning]
• Composer: J. Lincoln Hall