The Cyber Hymnal ‎#7373

7373. When Marshaled on the Nightly Plain

1. When, marshaled on the nightly plain,
The glittering hosts bestud the sky,
One star alone of all the train
Can fix the sinner’s wandering eye.

2. Hark! hark! to God the chorus breaks,
From every host, from every gem;
But one alone the Savior speaks,
It is the Star of Bethlehem.

3. Once on the raging seas I rode,
The storm was loud, the night was dark,
The ocean yawned, and rudely blowed
The wind that tossed my foundering bark.

4. Deep horror then my vitals froze,
Death-struck, I ceased the tide to stem;
When suddenly a star arose,
It was the Star of Bethlehem.

5. It was my guide, my light, my all;
It bade my dark forebodings cease;
And through the storm and danger’s thrall,
It led me to the port of peace.

6. Now safely, moored, my perils o’er
I’ll sing, first in night’s diadem,
Forever and forevermore,
The star! The Star of Bethlehem!

Text Information

• First Line: When, marshaled on the nightly plain
• Title: When Marshaled on the Nightly Plain
• Author: Henry K. White, 1785-1806
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Source: A Supplement to Dr. Watts' Psalms and Hymns, by Dr. W. B. Collyer, 1812
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Al­ter­nate tune: THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM (FUNK), in A Com­pil­a­tion of Gen­u­ine Church Mu­sic, by Jo­seph Funk, 4th ed­i­tion, 1847

Tune Information

• Name: CRIMEA
• Composer: Thoro Harris (ca. 1905)
• Meter: LM
• Incipit: 33343 23133 35434
• Key: F Major
• Copyright: Public Domain