Lutheran Book of Worship ‎#546

546. When Morning Gilds the Skies

1 When morning gilds the skies,
My heart awaking cries:
May Jesus Christ be praised!
When evening shadows fall,
This rings my curfew 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
Has none that can compare
With "Jesus Christ be praised!"

3 To him, my highest and best,
I sing, when love-possessed:
May Jesus Christ be praised!
Whate'er my hands begin,
This blessing shall break in:
May Jesus Christ be praised!

4 No lovelier antiphon
In all high heav'n is known
Than "Jesus Christ be praised!"
There to the eternal Word
The eternal psalm is heard:
Oh, Jesus Christ be praised!

5 Let all of humankind
In this their concord find:
May Jesus Christ be praised!
Let all the earth around
Ring joyous with the sound:
May Jesus Christ be praised!

6 Sing, sun and stars of space,
Sing, all who see his face,
Sing, "Jesus Christ be praised!"
God’s whole creation o'er,
Today and evermore,
Shall Jesus Christ be praised!

Text Information

• First Line: When morning gilds the skies
• Title: When Morning Gilds the Skies
• Translator: Robert Bridges, 1844-1930 (alt.)
• Meter: 6 6 6 6 6 6
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1978
• Topic: Morning; Praise, Adoration
• Source: German hymn, 19th cent.; Yattendon Hymnal
• Copyright: By permission of Oxford University Press
• Notes: Now Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: LAUDES DOMINI
• Composer: Joseph Barnby, 1838-1896
• Meter: 6 6 6 6 6 6
• Key: C Major