The Hymnal ‎#3

3. 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 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!

3 Ye nations of mankind,
In this your 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 the eternal song,
Through all the ages long,
May Jesus Christ be praised!

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: When morning gilds the skies
• Translator: Rev. Edward Caswall (1853)
• Meter: 6. 6. 6. 6. 6. 6.
• Publication Date: 1950
• Topic: Adoration; Christ: Praise to Christ; Christ: Presence, His Living; Comfort; Friendship, World; International Peace; Joy; Morning; Peace, International; Praise; Worship: Adoration
• Source: German, c. 1800

Tune Information

• Name: LAUDES DOMINI
• Composer: Joseph Barnby (1868)
• Meter: 6. 6. 6. 6. 6. 6.
• Key: C Major