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A Meteor Bright Its Wondrous Light

Author: Anonymous Appears in 2 hymnals Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project Lyrics: 1. A meteor bright its wondrous light O’er Bethlem’s city shed, To lead the way where Jesus lay, Upon His lonely bed. No nobles wait, no pomp or state Surrounds the Babe divine, But o’er His head bright circles spread, In golden glories shine. 2. The wise men came to bless His name And own the Savior King, And shepherd swains from far off plains Their hearts’ glad incense bring. So lowly born, He was the scorn Of nations, kings and priests; No belfry chime that Christmastime Rang at their lordly feasts. 3. But heavenly choirs attuned their lyres To hail a prince’s birth, And rapturous song from angel throng Greeted the ear of earth. The star is gone—the song flows on To herald brighter days; And truth’s pure beams in glowing streams Make clear life’s darkened ways. Text Sources: Carols Old and Carols New, by Charles Lewis Hutchins, (Boston, Massachusetts: Parish Choir, 1916), number 117

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[A meteor bright its wondrous light]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Edwin Henry Lemare Hymnal Title: The Cyber Hymnal Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 33456 53211 22234 Used With Text: A Meteor Bright Its Wondrous Light

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A meteor bright its wondrous light

Hymnal: Carols Old and Carols New #117 (1916) Hymnal Title: Carols Old and Carols New Topics: Christmas Languages: English Tune Title: [A meteor bright its wondrous light]
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A Meteor Bright Its Wondrous Light

Author: Anonymous Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #4184 Hymnal Title: The Cyber Hymnal Lyrics: 1. A meteor bright its wondrous light O’er Bethlem’s city shed, To lead the way where Jesus lay, Upon His lonely bed. No nobles wait, no pomp or state Surrounds the Babe divine, But o’er His head bright circles spread, In golden glories shine. 2. The wise men came to bless His name And own the Savior King, And shepherd swains from far off plains Their hearts’ glad incense bring. So lowly born, He was the scorn Of nations, kings and priests; No belfry chime that Christmastime Rang at their lordly feasts. 3. But heavenly choirs attuned their lyres To hail a prince’s birth, And rapturous song from angel throng Greeted the ear of earth. The star is gone—the song flows on To herald brighter days; And truth’s pure beams in glowing streams Make clear life’s darkened ways. Languages: English Tune Title: [A meteor bright its wondrous light]

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Hymnal Title: The Cyber Hymnal Author of "A Meteor Bright Its Wondrous Light" in The Cyber Hymnal In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.

Edwin H. Lemare

1865 - 1934 Person Name: Edwin Henry Lemare Hymnal Title: The Cyber Hymnal Composer of "[A meteor bright its wondrous light]" in The Cyber Hymnal Born: September 9, 1865, Ventnor, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England. Died: September 24, 1934, Hollywood, California. Buried: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California. Lemare received the Goss scholarship at the British Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in 1878, and went on to became a fellow of the RAM and the Royal College of Organists. He played the organ at St. John the Evangelist’s, Brownswood Park; St. Andrew’s Church, and Public Hall, Cardiff, Wales; the Parish Church, Sheffield (1886); Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Street; and St. Margaret’s Church, Westminster. He made a recital tour of Canada and America in 1900, and also toured Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, where he helped design organs for the Auckland Town Hall. He played the organ at the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (1902-15), gave recitals at the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco, California, in 1915, and was municipal organist in San Francisco (1917-21) and Portland, Maine (1921). Sources: Colles, Volume II, p. 135 --www.hymntime.com/tch