MORNING STAR (Harding)

Composer: James P. Harding

James P. Harding, whose names is sometimes given as John, and whose birth date is uncertain, appearing as 1850, 1859, and 1861, was for 35 years the organist and choirmaster of St. Andrew's Church, Islington, London. He also worked for many years in the English civil service. His musical compositions include anthems, part-songs, etc., many of which were written for the children's festivals of the Gifford Hall Mission in Islington. --The Hymnal 1940 Companion. Go to person page >

Tune Information

Composer: James P. Harding (1892)
Meter: 11.10.11.10
Incipit: 32176 55171 32543

Texts

Brightest and best of the sons of the morning

Brightest and best of the stars of the morning,
Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid;
Star of the East, the horizon adorning,
Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.
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Media

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #851
  • Four-part harmony, full-score (PDF, NWC)
Worship and Rejoice #37
Text: God in His Love for Us
Worship and Rejoice #235
Text: Brightest and Best of the Stars

Instances

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African American Heritage Hymnal #219Image
Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #851AudioScore
Christian Worship: a Lutheran hymnal #92Text
Christmas Favorites #39
Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary #169Text
Evangelical Lutheran Worship #303Image
Hymnal 1982: according to the use of the Episcopal Church #117TextImage
Lutheran Service Book #400Text
Presbyterian Hymnal #67TextImage
Rejoice in the Lord #230Text
Revival Hymns and Choruses #169
Singing the New Testament #200
The Christian Life Hymnal #142
The New Century Hymnal #157Image
The Worshiping Church #182TextImage
The Worshiping Church #385TextImage
Trinity Hymnal #206Text
Worship and Rejoice #37TextImageAudioScore
Worship and Rejoice #235TextImageAudioScore