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Text: | When Morning Gilds the Skies |
Translator: | Edward Caswall |
Tune: | LAUDES DOMINI |
Composer: | Sir Joseph Barnby |
1 When morning gilds the skies,
my heart awaking cries:
May Jesus Christ be praised.
Alike at work and prayer
to Jesus I repair:
May Jesus Christ be praised.
2 When sleep her balm denies,
my silent spirit sighs:
May Jesus Christ be praised.
When evil thoughts molest,
with this I shield my breast:
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.
The pow'rs of darkness fear,
when this sweet chant they hear:
May Jesus Christ be praised.
5 Let earth's wide circle round
in joyful notes resound:
May Jesus Christ be praised.
Let air and sea and sky,
from depth to height, reply:
May Jesus Christ be praised.
6 Be this, while life is mine,
my canticle divine:
May Jesus Christ be praised.
Be this th'eternal song,
through all the ages on:
May Jesus Christ be praised.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | When morning gilds the skies |
Title: | When Morning Gilds the Skies |
Translator: | Edward Caswall (1853, 1858) |
Meter: | 6.6.6.D. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1990 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Lord's Day: Morning; Jesus Christ: His Praise |
Source: | German, ca. 1800 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | LAUDES DOMINI |
Composer: | Sir Joseph Barnby (1868) |
Meter: | 6.6.6.D. |
Key: | C Major |
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Audio recording: | ![]() |