“Shining Star,” New Era, Dec. 1979, 14–15
In Tune:
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.
Shining Star
Words by Eleanor P. Madsen
Music by RaeAnn Rasmuson
Calligraphy by Warren Luch