MHB 113 – WHEN morning gilds the skies

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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!
When evil thoughts molest,
With this I shield my breast-
May Jesus Christ be praised!

3: Be this, when day is past,
Of all my thoughts the last,
May Jesus Christ be praised!
The night becomes as day,
When from the heart we say:
May Jesus Christ be praised!

4: To God, the Word, on high
The hosts of angels cry,
May Jesus Christ be praised!
Let mortals, too , upraise
Their voice in hymns of praise:
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 the eternal song
Through all the ages long,
May Jesus Christ be praised! Amen.