Beautiful Star (Anderson)

A most beau­ti­ful star burst out one night

And it shone with such splen­dor and ho­ly de­light

That wise men from the East

a coun­try afar

Beheld with great joy that dear beau­ti­ful star.

Like a ra­di­ant gem it shone up­on them

And led them re­joic­ing to Beth­le­hem;

And the sto­ry it told

more pre­cious than gold

Will ev­er to glo­ry the way un­fold.

’Twas a Sav­ior they sought

’twas a Sav­ior they found

And they told the glad sto­ry the coun­try around;

Shall not we be as wise as those from afar

And fol­low the beams of the beau­ti­ful star?

That bright Beth­le­hem star is shin­ing yet;

It arose in its beau­ty

but nev­er will set;

For the time draw­eth nigh when na­tions afar

Shall walk in the light of that beau­ti­ful star.