{"id":27359,"date":"2013-01-06T06:38:19","date_gmt":"2013-01-06T10:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2013\/01\/epiphany-brightest-and-best-of\/"},"modified":"2013-01-06T06:38:19","modified_gmt":"2013-01-06T10:38:19","slug":"epiphany-brightest-and-best-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2013\/01\/epiphany-brightest-and-best-of\/","title":{"rendered":"Epiphany, brightest and best of the sons of the morning"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/Epiphany%20Giotto2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Epiphany Giotto2.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/assets_c\/2012\/12\/Epiphany Giotto2-thumb-400x401-13460.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"401\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Brightest and best of the sons of the morning,<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Dawn on our darkness, and lend us Thine aid!<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Star of the East, the horizon adorning,<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid!<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Cold on His cradle the dewdrops are shining,<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Low lies His head with the beasts of the stall;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Angels adore Him, in slumber reclining, &#8212;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Maker, and Monarch and Savior of All.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Say, shall we yield Him, in costly devotion,<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Odors of Edom, and offerings divine,<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Gems of the mountain, and pearls of the ocean,<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Myrrh from the forest, or gold from the mine?<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Vainly we offer each ample oblation,<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Vainly with gifts would His favor secure;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><u>Richer by far is the heart&#8217;s adoration,<\/u><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><u>Dearer to God are the prayers of the poor<\/u>.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Brightest and best of the sons of the morning,<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Dawn on our darkness, and lend us Thine aid!<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Star of the East, the horizon adorning,<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a class=\"zem_slink\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reginald_Heber\" title=\"Reginald Heber\" rel=\"wikipedia\" target=\"_blank\">Reginald Heber<\/a> (1783-1826)<\/div>\n<div>Anglican Bishop of Calcutta<\/div>\n<div>poet<\/div>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top:10px;height:15px\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png?x-id=f6976962-1eb8-48ec-9359-c497785ded9b\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" style=\"border:none;float:right\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brightest and best of the sons 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! Cold on His cradle the dewdrops are shining, Low lies His head with the beasts of the stall; Angels adore Him, in slumber &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2013\/01\/epiphany-brightest-and-best-of\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Epiphany, brightest and best of the sons of the morning<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[1875,1902,3061],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27359"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27359\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}