The Church Hymnal ‎#63

63. Earth has many a noble city

1 Earth has many a noble city;
Bethlehem, thou dost all excel:
Out of thee the Lord from heaven
Came to rule His Israel.

2 Fairer than the sun at morning
Was the star that told His birth,
To the world its God announcing
Seen in fleshly form on earth.

3 Eastern sages at His cradle
Make oblations rich and rare;
See the give, in deep devotion,
Gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.

4 Sacred gifts of mystic meaning:
Incense doth their God disclose,
Gold the King of kings proclaimeth,
Myrrh His sepulchre foreshows.

5 Jesu, Whom the Gentiles worshipped,
At Thy glad Epiphany,
Unto Thee, with God the Father
And the Spirit, glory be.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Earth has many a noble city
• Translator: E. Caswall
• Author: A. C. Prudentius
• Meter: 8.7.8.7.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1894
• Topic: Epiphany

Tune Information

• Name: STUTTGARD
• Composer (attributed to): H. L. Hassler
• Meter: 8.7.8.7.
• Key: G Major