Hymn 440
Behold, what star is this?
1
Behold, what star is this?
How beautiful and bright!
A guide it is to the Gentiles,
To the king of glory.
2
Behold the wisemen all
Came from afar and made their obeisance
To Jesus Christ the Blest.
3
May Thou light of the soul
Do illumine our land;
Sow the way and how to follow
Our Lord Emmanuel.
4
May ancestral spirits
And their groves and green trees
That are worshipp’d on heathen lands,
Give way to Jesus Christ.
5
May high priests of the groves
All over Africa
Become true wise men indeed, to
Receive Jesus’ offering.
6
Father and Creator,
Who revealed Jesus to
The heathens of those early days,
Reveal Him to us too.