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

2. 1. We three kings of Orient are, bearing gifts we travel afar, field and fountain, moor and mountain, following yonder star:
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3. Chorus: O star of wonder, star of night, star with royal beauty bright, westward leading, still proceeding, guide us to the perfect light.
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4. 2. Born a King on Bethlehem plain, gold I bring to crown Him again: King for ever, ceasing never, over us all to reign.
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5. Chorus: O star of wonder, star of night, star with royal beauty bright, westward leading, still proceeding, guide us to the perfect light.
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6. 3. Frankincense for Jesus have I, God on earth yet Priest on high; prayer and praising all men raising: worship is earth’s reply.
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7. Chorus: O star of wonder, star of night, star with royal beauty bright, westward leading, still proceeding, guide us to the perfect light.
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8. 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.
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9. Chorus: O star of wonder, star of night, star with royal beauty bright, westward leading, still proceeding, guide us to the perfect light.
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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.
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11. Chorus: O star of wonder, star of night, star with royal beauty bright, westward leading, still proceeding, guide us to the perfect light.
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