Text:When Morning Gilds the Skies
Translator (stanza 1, 2, 4):Edward Caswall
Translator (stanza 3):Robert Bridges
Tune:LAUDES DOMINI
Composer:Joseph Barnby

345. 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 The night becomes as day,
when from the heart we say,
may Jesus Christ be praised!
The powers of darkness fear,
when this sweet song they hear,
may Jesus Christ be praised!

3 Ye realms of humankind,
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 In heaven's eternal bliss
the loveliest strain is this,
may Jesus Christ be praised!
Let earth, and sea, and sky
from depth to height reply,
may Jesus Christ be praised!

Text Information
First Line: When morning gilds the skies
Title: When Morning Gilds the Skies
Translator (stanza 1, 2, 4): Edward Caswall (1854)
Translator (stanza 3): Robert Bridges (1899)
Meter: 6.6.6.6.6.6
Language: English
Publication Date: 2010
Topic: The Church at Worship: Praise and Adoration; Praise and Adoration-Jesus Christ
Source: Katholisches Gesangbuch, 1828
Tune Information
Name: LAUDES DOMINI
Composer: Joseph Barnby (1868)
Meter: 6.6.6.6.6.6
Key: B♭ Major
Notes: Lower key, No. 229



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