556. When Morning Gilds The Skies

1 When morning gilds the skies,
My heart, awaking, cries:
May Jesus Christ be praised!
When evening shadows fall,
I voice the pious call:
May Jesus Christ be praised!

2 When mirth for music longs,
This is my song of songs:
May Jesus Christ be praised!
God's holy house of prayer
Bids me its worship share:
May Jesus Christ be praised!

3 Does sadness fill my mind,
A solace here I find:
May Jesus Christ be praised!
Or fades my earthly bliss,
My comfort still is this:
May Jesus Christ be praised!

4 In heav'n'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!

5 Be this, while life is mine,
My canticle divine:
May Jesus Christ be praised!
Be this th'eternal song
Of heaven's joyful throng:
May Jesus Christ be praised!

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: When morning gilds the skies
Title: When Morning Gilds The Skies
Author: Anon. (1838)
Translator: Caswall
Translator: Bridges
Meter: 6 6 6 6 6 6
Language: English
Publication Date: 1930
Topic: Morning; Processionals and Recessionals: Morning
Source: Tr.: Caswall Bridges, et al.
Tune Information
Name: LAUDES DOMINI
Composer: Joseph Barnby (1868)
Meter: 6 6 6 6 6 6
Key: C Major



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