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Hymns of My Youth II: As with Gladness

Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him.

—Matthew 2:2

As with Gladness, Men of Old

As with gladness, men of old
Did the guiding star behold—
As with joy they hailed its light,
Leading onward, beaming bright—
So, most glorious Lord, may we
Evermore be led to Thee.

As with joyful steps they sped
To that lowly manger bed,
There to bend the knee before
Him Whom Heav’n and earth adore;
So may we with willing feet
Ever seek Thy mercy seat.

As they offered gifts most rare
At that manger rude and bare,
So may we with holy joy,
Pure and free from sin’s alloy,
All our costliest treasures bring,
Christ, to Thee, our heav’nly King.

Holy Jesus, every day
Keep us in the narrow way;
And, when earthly things are past,
Bring our ransomed souls at last
Where they need no star to guide,
Where no clouds Thy glory hide.

—Great Hymns of the Faith (Zondervan, 1968).