As with Gladness

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1 As with glad - ness men of old did the guid - ing
2 As with joy - ful steps they sped to that low - ly
3 As they of - fered gifts most rare at that man - ger
4 Ho - ly Je - sus, ev - ery day keep us in the

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star be - hold; as with joy they hailed its light,
man - ger bed, there to bend the knee be - fore
rude and bare, so may we with ho - ly joy,
nar - row way; and when earth - ly things are past,

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lead - ing on - ward, beam - ing bright, so, most gra - ciious
him whom heaven and earth a - dore, so, may we with
pure and free from sin's al - loy, all our cost - liest
bring our ran - somed lives at last where they need no

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Lord, may we ev - er - more your splen - dor see.
wil - ling feet e - ver seek the mer - cy seat.
trea - sures bring, Christ, to you, our heaven - ly King.

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star to guide, where no clouds thy glo - ry hide.
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Text: William C. Dix (1837-1898), alt. DIX
Tune: Conrad Kocher (1786-1872) www.hymnary.org/text/as_with_gladness_men_of_old

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