{
  "title": "As with gladness men of old",
  "author": "",
  "tune": "Dix",
  "number": "154",
  "lyrics": "As with gladness men of old\nDid the guiding star behold;\nAs with joy they hailed its light,\nLeading onward, beaming bright;\nSo, most gracious God, may we\nEvermore be led to thee.\n\nAs with joyful steps they sped\nTo that lowly cradle bed,\nThere to bend the knee before\nHim whom heaven and earth adore;\nSo may we with willing feet\nEver seek thy mercy-seat.\n\nAs they offered gifts most rare\nAt that cradle rude and bare;\nSo may we with holy joy,\nPure, and free from sin's alloy,\nAll our costliest treasures bring,\nChrist, to thee, our heav'nly King.\n\nHoly Jesus, ev'ry day\nKeep us in the narrow way;\nAnd, when earthly things are past,\nBring our ransomed souls at last\nWhere they need no star to guide,\nWhere no clouds thy glory hide.\n\nIn the heav'nly country bright\nNeed they no created light;\nThou its Light, its Joy, its Crown,\nThou its Sun which goes not down;\nThere for ever may we sing\nAlleluias to our King.",
  "first_line": "As with gladness men of old"
}