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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 chant they hear: May Jesus Christ be praised! 3. Let all the earth around ring joyous with the sound: May Jesus Christ be praised! In heaven's eternal bliss the loveliest strain is this: 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!
WORDS: Edward Caswall, 1854; Robert S. Bridges, 1899
MUSIC: Joseph Barnby, 1868
Theme: Jesus Christ; Particular Times of Worship: Morning; Responses, Antiphonal; The Glory of the Triune God: Praise and Thanksgiving; The Grace of Jesus Christ: In Praise of Christ