Voices United ‎#339

339. When Morning Gilds the Skies (Quand le soleil se lève)

1 When morning gilds the skies,
my heart awakening cries:
may Jesus Christ be praised!
When evening shadows fall,
this rings my curfew call:
may Jesus Christ be praised!

2 To God, the Word on high,
the hosts of angels cry:
may Jesus Christ be praised!
Let mortals, too, upraise
their voice in hymns of praise:
may Jesus Christ be praised!

3 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!

4 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!

Text Information

• First Line: When morning gilds the skies (Quand le soleil se lève)
• Title: When Morning Gilds the Skies (Quand le soleil se lève)
• Translator, v. 1 and 3: Robert Seymour Bridges (1899)
• Translator, v. 2 and 4: Edward Caswall (1854, alt.)
• Translator (into French): Jacques Beaudon (1956)
• Alterer: R. Gerald Hobbs (1987)
• Meter: 6 6 6 6 6 6
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1996
• Topic: Jesus Christ: Praise and Thanksgiving; Adoration and Praise; Comfort/Consolation; Confidence; Devotion; Discipleship and Service; Jesus Christ: Adoration and Praise; Jesus Christ: Praise; Morning; Morning Prayer; Nation; Processionals (Opening of Worship); Responses: Antiphonal; Unity; Word of God; Worship; Proper 14: Year A; Epiphany Last/Transfig.: Year C; Proper 5: Year C; Reign of Christ: Year C
• Source: German hymn, 1828
• Copyright: French translation © 1956 Jacques Beaudon. Used by permission of Rev. Londa Ann Beaudon,

Tune Information

• Name: LAUDES DOMINI
• Composer: Joseph Barnby (1868)
• Composer (descant): Reginald S. Thatcher (1936)
• Meter: 6 6 6 6 6 6
• Key: B♭ Major
• Copyright: Descant by permission of Oxford University Press.