{"id":"cw/hymns/misc/046-hymn-for-the-epiphany","corpus":"cw-hymns-misc","type":"hymn","author":"charles-wesley","title":"046 Hymn For The Epiphany","title_alt":[],"text_basis":null,"date_composed":"1739","date_precision":"year","date_note":null,"numbering":{"bicentennial":null,"jackson_running":null,"sugden":null},"source_edition":{"editor":null,"title":null,"edition":null,"place":null,"publisher":null,"year":null,"volume":null,"pages":null,"scan_url":null,"scan_page_ids":null},"transcription":{"derived_from":null,"corrected_against_scan":false,"corrector":null,"corrected_on":null},"modernization":"none","license_text":"Public Domain Mark 1.0","license_apparatus":"CC BY 4.0","wikidata":null,"prev":null,"next":null,"part_of":"cw-hymns-misc","editorial_note":null,"source_id":"cw-046-hymn-for-the-epiphany","passage_ids":["cw-046-hymn-for-the-epiphany-full"],"word_count":173,"themes_auto":["catholic-spirit","reign-of-god","trinity"],"open":true,"closed_reason":null,"legacy_ids":["cw-046-hymn-for-the-epiphany-full"],"passages":[{"id":"cw-046-hymn-for-the-epiphany-full","author":"charles-wesley","source_id":"cw-046-hymn-for-the-epiphany","source_title":"046 Hymn For The Epiphany","source_type":"hymn","year":1739,"chunk_index":0,"text":"Hymn for the Epiphany 1 Sons of men, behold from far,70 Hail the long-expected star! Jacob's star that gilds the night, Guides bewilder'd nature right. 2 Fear not hence that ill should flow, Wars or pestilence below, Wars it bids and tumults cease, Ushering in the Prince of Peace. 3 Mild he shines on all beneath, Piercing thro' the shade of death, Scatt'ring error's wide-spread night, Kindling darkness into light. 68\"Inner\" changed to \"heav'nly\" in 4th edn. (1743) and 5th edn. (1756). 69Charles included a manuscript copy of this hymn in MS Richmond Tracts, 21. 70Reads \"behold him far\" in HSP (1747). 4 Nations all, far off and near, Haste to see your God appear! Haste, for him your hearts prepare, Meet him manifested there! 5 There behold the Day-Spring rise, Pouring eye-sight on your eyes, God in his own light survey, Shining to the perfect day. 6 Sing, ye morning stars again, God descends on earth to reign, Deigns for man his life t' employ; Shout, ye sons of God, for joy!","word_count":173,"source_url":null,"themes":["reign-of-god","trinity","catholic-spirit"],"is_full_hymn":true,"created_at":"2026-01-29T16:57:24.253801"}]}