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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. When sleep her balm denies,
    my silent spirit sighs:
    May Jesus Christ be praised.
    When evil thoughts molest,
    with this I shield my breast:
    May Jesus Christ be praised!
  3. 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!
  4. In heav’n’s eternal bliss
    the loveliest strain is this:
    May Jesus Christ be praised.
    The pow’rs of darkness fear,
    when this sweet chant they hear:
    May Jesus Christ be praised!
  5. 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!
  6. Be this, while life is mine,
    my canticle divine:
    May Jesus Christ be praised.
    Be this th’eternal song,
    through all the ages on:
    May Jesus Christ be praised!
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Hymn
157
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6.6.6.D.
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