Text: | When Morning Gilds the Skies |
Translator: | Edward Caswall |
Tune: | LAUDES DOMINI |
Composer: | Joseph Barnby |
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 Let earth's wide circle round
In joyful notes resound:
May Jesus Christ be praised!
Let air and sea and sky,
From depth to height, reply:
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!
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | When morning gilds the skies |
Title: | When Morning Gilds the Skies |
Translator: | Edward Caswall (1854, 1858, alt.) |
Meter: | 6.6.6.D. |
Publication Date: | 1972 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Service for the Lord's Day: Opening of Worship; Service for the Lord's Day: After Creed; Service for the Lord's Day: Conclusion of Worship(1 more...) |
Source: | German hymn, 18th(?) century |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | LAUDES DOMINI |
Composer: | Joseph Barnby (1868) |
Meter: | 6.6.6.D. |
Key: | B♭ Major |