When Morning Gilds the Skies
Text is a German text c. 1800, translated in 1858 by Edward Caswall (1814-1878)
Sung to LAUDES DOMINI, composed in 1868 by Joseph Barnby (1838-1896)
V. 1 When morning gilds the skies,
My heart awaking cries,
May Jesus Christ be praise!
Alike at work and prayer,
To Jesus I repair;
May Jesus Christ be praised!
V. 2 Whene'er the sweet church bell
Peals over hill and dell,
May Jesus Christ be praise!
O hark to what it sings,
As joyously it rings,
May Jesus Christ be praised!
V. 3 The night becomes as day,
When from the heart we say,
May Jesus Christ be praised!
The powers of darkness fear,
When this sweet chant they hear,
May Jesus Christ be praised!
Psalm 150:6 Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.
Praise the Lord.
V. 4 Ye nations of mankind,
In this your concord find,
May Jesus Christ be praised!
Let all the earth around
Ring joyous with the sound,
May Jesus Christ be praised!
V. 5 In heaven's eternal bliss
The loveliest strain is this,
May Jesus Christ be praised!
Let earth, and sea, and sky
From depth to height reply,
May Jesus Christ be praised!
V. 6 Be this, while life is mine,
My canticle divine,
May Jesus Christ be praised!
Be this th'eternal song
Through all the ages long,
May Jesus Christ be praised!
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