Mission Praise – number 740 We three kings J H Hopkins Mission Praise – number 740 Words © 1986 Horrobin/Leavers CCL Licence 37003

1. We three kings of Orient are, bearing gifts we travel afar, field and fountain, moor and mountain, following yonder star: MP 740 1/10

Chorus: O star of wonder, star of night, star with royal beauty bright, westward leading, still proceeding, guide us to the perfect light. MP 740 2/10

2. Born a King on Bethlehem plain, gold I bring to crown Him again: King for ever, ceasing never, over us all to reign. MP 740 3/10

Chorus: O star of wonder, star of night, star with royal beauty bright, westward leading, still proceeding, guide us to the perfect light. MP 740 4/10

3. Frankincense for Jesus have I, God on earth yet Priest on high; prayer and praising all men raising: worship is earth’s reply. MP 740 5/10

Chorus: O star of wonder, star of night, star with royal beauty bright, westward leading, still proceeding, guide us to the perfect light. MP 740 6/10

4. Myrrh is mine: its bitter perfume tells of His death and Calvary’s gloom; sorrowing, sighing, bleeding, dying, sealed in a stone-cold tomb. MP 740 7/10

Chorus: O star of wonder, star of night, star with royal beauty bright, westward leading, still proceeding, guide us to the perfect light. MP 740 8/10

5. Glorious now, behold Him arise, King, and God, and sacrifice 5. Glorious now, behold Him arise, King, and God, and sacrifice! Heaven sings out, ‘Alleluia!’, ‘Amen!’ the earth replies. MP 740 9/10

Chorus: O star of wonder, star of night, star with royal beauty bright, westward leading, still proceeding, guide us to the perfect light. MP 740 10/10