Afar from the East

Afar from the East the wise men came

To seek the in­fant King;

To hon­or the Sav­ior of man­kind

And grate­ful of­fer­ings bring.

Across the plains of Pa­les­tine

Directed by the star

They came to bless and wor­ship Him

Three wise men from afar.

Afar in the East the news is heard

Of Christ

a Sav­ior

born;

And o’er the world the glo­ry breaks

Of glad re­demp­tion’s morn.

Beyond where the migh­ty riv­ers flow

In Per­sian land they were;

They knew of the time He should ap­pear

And bring Him gifts of myrrh.

With joy they hail the wel­come rays

Which kind­ly guid­ed them;

And lo! the star that went be­fore

Stood ov­er Beth­le­hem.

They found Him in lowly man­ger laid

Tho’ he was roy­al

fair;

There nev­er was prince so mean­ly clad

Yet an­gels bright were there.

And then abroad the tid­ings flew

O’er land and ov­er sea

And all man­kind have heard the news

Salvation

full and free.