We Three Kings — Hymn 137, Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal · 1985

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Verse 1

We three kings of Orient are; Bearing gifts we traverse afar Field and fountain, moor and mountain, Following yonder star.

Refrain

O star of wonder, star of night, Star with royal beauty bright, Westward leading, still proceeding, Guide us to Thy perfect light.

Verse 2

Born a King on Bethlehem’s plain, Gold I bring to crown Him again, King forever, ceasing never Over us all to reign.

Verse 3

Frankincense to offer have I; Incense owns a Deity nigh; Prayer and praising all men raising, Worship Him, God on high.

Verse 4

Myrrh is mine; its bitter perfume Breathes a life of gathering gloom: Sorrowing, sighing, bleeding, dying, Sealed in the stonecold tomb.

Verse 5

Glorious now behold Him arise, King and God and sacrifice; Alleluia, Alleluia! Sounds through the earth and skies.

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