The Sinner—Christ the Way of Life

Verse 1

When, marshal'd on the nightly plain,
The glittering hosts bestud the sky,
One star alone of all the train
Can fix the sinner's wandering eye.
Hark! Hark! To God the chorus breaks,
From every host, from every gem,
But one alone, the Saviour speaks,
It is the Star of Bethlehem.

Verse 1

When, marshaled on the nightly plain,
The glittering host bestud the sky,
One star alone of all the train
Can fix the sinner's wandering eye.

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Verse 2

Once on the raging seas I rode;
The storm was loud, the night was dark,
The ocean yawned, and rudely blowed
The wind that tossed my foundering bark.

Verse 2

Once on the raging seas I rode,
The storm was loud, the night was dark,
The ocean yawn'd, and rudely blow'd
The wind that toss'd my foundering bark.
Deep horror then my vitals froze;
Death struck–I ceased the tide to stem;
When suddenly a star arose,—
It was the Star of Bethlehem.

Verse 3

Deep horror then my vitals froze;
Death-struck, I ceased the tide to stem;
When suddenly a star arose,—
It was the Star of Bethlehem.

Verse 3

It was my guide, my light, my all;
It bade my dark foreboding cease;
And through the storm and danger's thrall
It led me to the port of peace.
Now safely moor'd–my perils o'er,
I'll sing first in night's diadem,
For ever and for ever more,
The Star–the Star of Bethlehem.

Verse 4

It was my guide, my light, my all;
It bade my dark forebodings cease;
And through the storm and danger's thrall
It led me to the port of peace.