From the East there came Wisemen
to honor one in Bethlehem.
Symbolic starlight beamed and pointed
where to find him, God's anointed.
(Wise men follow, now as then,
the light of Truth that shines again.)
They came with gifts magnificent,
especially significant:
the gold of their learning;
frankincense with fragrance burning
as hearts in worship of heaven's King;
bitter myrrh of artful healing—
the treasured three of all gifts known,
and at his feet they laid them down.
(Laid down by wise men, now as then,
are science, theology, medicine
before the Truth that's come again.)
Rejoicing in the light that shone,
watchful Wisemen went back home.
Their sweet success was evident,
and they had shared in the great event.
(Rejoicing wise men, now as then,
share in the Truth that shines again.)
