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Text:When Morning Gilds the Skies
Translator:Edward Caswall
Tune:[When morning gilds the skies]
Composer:Joseph Barnby

12. 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 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 oneness find,
May Jesus Christ be praised!
Let all the earth around
Ring joyous with the sound,
May Jesus Christ be praised!

5 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!

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: When morning gilds the skies
Title: When Morning Gilds the Skies
Translator: Edward Caswall
Language: English
Publication Date: 1982
Topic: Worship and Adoration
Source: German
Tune Information
Name: [When morning gilds the skies]
Composer: Joseph Barnby
Key: C Major



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