First Sunday Meditation: His Epiphany

"When they saw the star, they were thrilled with ecstatic joy.

And going into the house, they saw the Child with Mary His mother

and they fell down and worshiped Him. Then opening their treasure

bags, they presented Him gifts- gold and frankincense and myrrh."

Matthew 2:10-11

Visit of the Wise Men

Corbert Gauthier

American artist

O'er the hill and o'er the vale

Come three kings together,

Caring naught for snow and hail,

Cold, and wind, and weather;

Now on Persia's sandy plains,

Now where Tigris swells with rains,

They their camels tether;

Now through Syrian lands they go,

Now through Moab, faint and slow,

Now through Edom's heather.

O'er the hill and o'er the vale,

Each king bears a present:

Wise men go a Child to hail,

Monarchs seek a peasant;

And a star in front proceeds,

Over rocks and rivers leads,

Shines with beams incessant.

Therefore onward, onward still!

Ford the stream and climb the hills:

Love makes all things pleasant.

He is God ye go to meet;

Therefore incense proffer.

He is King ye go to greet:

Gold is in your coffer.

Also Man He comes to share

Every woe that man can bear:

Tempter, railer, scoffer;

Therefore now against the day,

In the grave where Him they lay,

Myrrh ye also offer.

Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh

Gifts of the Wise Men

Messages of Christ

(January 17, 2019)

"O'er The Hill And O'er The Vail"

The Sunday School Liturgy

(1860)

Edited by John H. Hobart

Author Unknown