Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal ‎#43

43. When Morning Gilds the Skies

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 Whene’er the sweet church bell peals over hill and dell,
May Jesus Christ praised!
O hark to what it sings, as joyously it rings,
May Jesus Christ be praised!

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!

4 Ye nations of mankind, in this your concord find,
May Jesus Christ praised!
Let all the earth around ring joyous with the sound,
May Jesus Christ praised!

5 In heaven’s eternal bliss the loveliest strain is this,
May Jesus Christ praised!
Let earth, and sea and sky from depth to height reply,
May Jesus Christ 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 long,
May Jesus Christ be praised!

Text Information

• First Line: When morning gilds the skies, My heart awaking cries
• Title: When Morning Gilds the Skies
• Translator: Edward Caswall (1814-1878) (1858)
• Meter: 6.6.6.6.6.6.
• Publication Date: 1985
• Scripture:
  Psalm 150:6
• Topic: Worship: Morning Worship
• Source: Fromj the German, c. 1800

Tune Information

• Name: LAUDES DOMINI
• Composer: Joseph Barnby (1838-1896) (1868)
• Meter: 6.6.6.6.6.6.
• Incipit: 34561 76567 13217
• Key: B♭ Major