Christ — First Advent
As with gladness men of old
- No. 299
- Metre 7s 6l.
- Tune DIX.
- Words William C. Dix.
- Music Arr. by William H. Monk.
- Key A major
- Singing key G major
- Time 4/4
- 4 stanzas
Words
⤢ Full screenAs with gladness men of old
Did the guiding star behold;
As with joy they hailed its light,
Leading onward, beaming bright;
So, most gracious Lord, may we
Evermore be led to thee.
As with joyful steps they sped
To that lowly manger-bed,
There to bend the knee before
Him whom heaven and earth adore;
So may we with willing feet
Ever seek the mercy-seat.
As they offered gifts most rare
At that manger rude and bare;
So may we with holy joy,
Pure, and free from sin's alloy,
All our costliest treasures bring,
Christ, to thee, our heavenly King.
Blessed Saviour, every day
Keep us in the narrow way;
And, when earthly things are past,
Bring our ransomed souls at last
Where they need no star to guide,
Where no clouds thy glory hide.
About this hymn
As printed As printed: hymn number «299» (large), tune name «DIX. 7s 6l.» centred over the music (condensed capitals and small capitals), «ARR. BY WILLIAM H. MONK.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). The tune is one system of 8 bars with a repeat sign after bar 4: each six-line stanza sings bars 1–4 twice (verses 1–2, then 3–4) and bars 5–8 once (verses 5–6). Stanza 1 is interlinear, between the staves: «1.», then verses 1–2 and 3–4 stacked in a brace under bars 1–4 («As with glad-ness men of old Did the guiding star behold;» / «As with joy they hailed its light, Leading onward, beaming bright;»), then a closing brace and verses 5–6 under bars 5–8 («So, most gracious Lord, may we Evermore be led to thee.»). Under the music, the italic reference line «1114, 685, 244,» (= may also be sung to the tunes of hymns 1114, 685 or 244; it ends with a comma in the print). Stanzas 2–4 are printed as text in two columns (stanza 2 and the first three verses of stanza 3 in the left column, the rest of stanza 3 and stanza 4 in the right), with the stanza numbers «2», «3», «4» without a period. «William C. Dix.» in italics after stanza 4. The print sets a thin space before «;» («behold ;», «adore ;», «bare ;», «way ;»); it is closed up here. The apostrophe of «sin's» is written straight. Spelling («Saviour», «manger-bed», «mercy-seat»), punctuation and capitals are the print's.
- Source
- The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
- Where
- Christ — First Advent · No. 299 · printed page 98
- Checked
- score verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-10-01
