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Text:Jacob's Star Is Ris'n At Last
Author:Thomas Kelly
Tune:ALCESTER
Composer:Samuel Sebastian Wesley
Media:MIDI file

9600. Jacob's Star Is Ris'n At Last

1 Jacob’s star is ris’n at last,
Brighter than the brightest sun:
Darkness is for ever past,
And the joyful day begun.

2 Sing aloud, the cause is great;
Sing ye heav’ns, and sing thou earth:
Still the joyful theme repeat,
Joyful theme, Emanuel’s birth.

3 This is Jacob’s promised star,
Giving light to all around;
Shining clear and seen afar,
Seen to earth’s remotest bound.

4 Sing the Infant, virgin-born,
He a king, a king by birth;
Though the mark of human scorn;
Heir of all in Heav’n and earth.

5 Now ye saints, dry up your tears;
See, the day is come at last:
Jacob’s promised star appears,
Darkness is for ever past.

Text Information
First Line: Jacob’s star is ris’n at last
Title: Jacob's Star Is Ris'n At Last
Author: Thomas Kelly
Meter: 77.77
Language: English
Source: Hymns Not Before Published (Dublin: Thomas Johnston, 1815)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: ALCESTER
Composer: Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1864)
Meter: 77.77
Key: E Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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