Shining Star

1. If I had lived in Galilee

Or walked Jerusalem’s road,

Followed Jesus by Jordan’s sea,

Would I have tried to lift His load?

2. I wonder what my thoughts

If I had seen the shining star

If it had been my happy lot

To hear the angels from afar.

Would I have followed wisemen

With a loving gift of mine,

To a stable in Bethlehem

Leaving all else behind?

O silent skies, so full of light,

Shine peace on this world tonight.

Let hate and envy, grief and wars

Be hid forever beneath shining stars.