Christians, lo, the star appeareth

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Christians, lo, the star appeareth

Author: James Arnold Blaisdell (1909)
Tune: TRUST (Mendelssohn-Bartholdy)
Published in 24 hymnals

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Piano/Organ
	COLLECTED WORKS OF JOHN CARTER, THE

Instrumental
	JOY TO THE WORLD

Handbells
	Advent Tidings

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1. Christians, lo, the star appeareth;
Lo ’tis yet Messiah’s day;
Still with tribute treasure laden
Come the wise men on their way.

2. Where a life is spent in service,
Walking where the Master trod,
There is scattered myrrh most fragrant
For the blessèd Christ of God.

3. Whoso bears his brother’s burden,
Whoso shares another’s woe,
Brings his frankincense to Jesus
With the men of long ago.

4. When we soothe earth’s weary children
Tending best the least of them,
’Tis the Lord himself we worship,
Bringing gold to Bethlehem.

5. Christians, lo, the star appeareth
Leading still the ancient way;
Christians, onward with your treasure;
It is still Messiah’s day.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #911

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Author: James Arnold Blaisdell

James Arnold Blaisdell was born in Beloit, Wisconsin, December 15, 1867. He graduated from Beloit College in 1899 and became a minister, then returned to Beloit College as Chair of the Bible Department and director of the library. In 1910 he became of Pomona College (California). The college grew under his leadership. In 1921 he made the decision to cap enrollment to keep the college small. He soon developed the vision of small liberal arts colleges sharing common facilities. He became head of the Claremont Colleges Consortium in 1927. Dianne Shapiro, from Anderson, Seth. "James Blaisdell-The Visionary". Claremont Conversation. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28 (https://web.archive.org/web/20070928024653/http://claremontconversati… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Christians, lo, the star appeareth
Author:	James Arnold Blaisdell (1909)
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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TRUST (Mendelssohn-Bartholdy)

SARDIS (Beethoven)

STUTTGART

STUTTGART was included in Psalmodia Sacra (1715), one of the most significant hymnals of the early sixteenth century [sic: eighteenth century]. Christian F. Witt (b. Altenburg, Germany, e. 1660; d. Altenburg, 1716) was an editor and compiler of that collection; about 100 (of the 774) tunes in that c…

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