The Blessed Birth Lyrics

That so Thy blessed Birth, O Christ,
Might thro' the world be spread about,
The star appeared in the East,
Whereby the Gentiles found Thee out;
And offered Thee
Myrrh, Incense, Gold
The three-fold office to unfold.
Tears that form true repentance drop,
Instead of Myrrh, present will we:
For Incense we will offer up
Our prayers and praises unto Thee
And bring for gold each pious deed,
Which doth from saving faith proceed.
And as those wise men never went
To visit Herod any more,
So, finding Thee, we will repent
Our courses followed heretofore
And that we homeward may retire
The way by Thee we will enquire. Amen